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On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 15:22 +0530, jameesh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Please help me.
> Do MTD have serial SPI flash Support?

Yes, MTD supports serial flash through the standard SPI framework in the
kernel.

Enable AT45xxx DataFlash support under:
Device Drivers  --->
Memory Technology Devices (MTD)  --->
Self-contained MTD device drivers  --->
<M/*> Support for AT45xxx DataFlash

You must have a SPI driver before this option being available.

> Can  JFFS2 Flash File system be used on serial SPI flash?

Yes.

Enable JFFS2 under:
File systems  --->
Miscellaneous filesystems  --->
<M/*> Journalling Flash File System v2 (JFFS2) support

> I may be using SPI flash from ATMEL(M25P128) or ST 
> Microelectronics(AT45DB642D). Is there any Patch available for the device.

Atmel has a reference design running Linux and using a _ATMEL_
AT45FB642D DataFlash for storage of applications and data. The kit is
called ATNGW100.

Sorry if referring to kits is outside the scope of this list.

-- 
With kind regards,

Hans-Christian Egtvedt, siv.ing. (M.Sc.)
Applications Engineer - AVR32 System Solutions - Atmel Norway