SAMSUNG NAND Flash (K9F1208X0B) driver support

SAMSUNG NAND Flash (K9F1208X0B) driver support

[elvin]

Greetings..

      I am porting SAMSUNG K9F1208x0b serious nand flash on my platform,
which is arm922-based platform.
I am using 2.4.18 arm linux kernel. I cannot find any driver in the
driver/mtd/nand directory for nand flash of this kind.
I am wondering if I could get driver support for the flash of this type
from somewhere?

Any help is really appreciated.


Elvin Kao
Tel: 886-2-2788-0198 ext: 5735
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Master Integrated Appliances Co., Ltd
http://www.masteria.com.tw

Re: SAMSUNG NAND Flash (K9F1208X0B) driver support

[Florian Boor]

Hello,


>       I am porting SAMSUNG K9F1208x0b serious nand flash on my platform,
> which is arm922-based platform.
> I am using 2.4.18 arm linux kernel. I cannot find any driver in the
> driver/mtd/nand directory for nand flash of this kind.
> I am wondering if I could get driver support for the flash of this type
> from somewhere?

it is quite easy to use drivers from CVS. There is a script in CVS
repository that helps patching in latest drivers from CVS. If you intend
to use jffs2 don't forget to add the new drivers too. 

Greetings

Florian
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Re: SAMSUNG NAND Flash (K9F1208X0B) driver support

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thursday 03 June 2004 13:26, Florian Boor wrote:
> Hello,
>
> >       I am porting SAMSUNG K9F1208x0b serious nand flash on my platform,
> > which is arm922-based platform.
> > I am using 2.4.18 arm linux kernel. I cannot find any driver in the
> > driver/mtd/nand directory for nand flash of this kind.
> > I am wondering if I could get driver support for the flash of this type
> > from somewhere?
>
> it is quite easy to use drivers from CVS. There is a script in CVS
> repository that helps patching in latest drivers from CVS. If you intend
> to use jffs2 don't forget to add the new drivers too.

Yes, the chips are already supported in the current MTD code. 
But the MTD code does not support ancient kernels out of the box. Use a recent 
kernel version >= 2.4.26.

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Thomas
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