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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc: Kernel Developer List <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>,
	Linux USB Storage List <usb-storage@one-eyed-alien.net>,
	mtd@infradead.org
Subject: Re: SmartMedia translation layer?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 14:49:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <13630.965137770@cygnus.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20000727135944.F27468@one-eyed-alien.net>


mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net said:
>   To do this, we need to have code which can take care of this
> re-mapping system.  We're wondering if anyone out there has such code
> allready (perhaps even in use with Linux).

> If not, we're prepared to write our own management system... but if
> there is existing code out there we can leverage, it would be really
> nice. 

We have a couple of translation layers for flash devices, which do a similar
kind of remapping to emulate a block device. I doubt they're the same, and
in some places they're patented and may only be used on certain hardware.

See drivers/mtd/nftl.c and drivers/mtd/ftl.c for more details.



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