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Subject: Re: FAT vs jFFS2 for NAND.
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Han Chang <posaune@hotmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:23:46 +0100
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On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 11:31 -0700, Han Chang wrote:
> Thanks! The reason for using FAT on the NAND is when the device has the NAND 
> is connected to a PC via USB, it can appear to be storage device read by the 
> PC user directly. 

Can't you use the 'PTP' USB protocol, which is designed for sharing
pictures? It can also share an arbitrary file system, I believe.

Failing that, SmartMedia makes a certain amount of sense. Use the code
from the CVS tree as a basis, or just do it yourself (using the
mtd_blkdevs helper stuff which we already use for nftl etc.)

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dwmw2