From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 15qWik-00067K-00 for ; Mon, 08 Oct 2001 10:29:10 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <3BBA8605.2040301@bigpond.com> References: <3BBA8605.2040301@bigpond.com> To: brendan.simon@bigpond.com Cc: mtd Subject: Re: mtd: looking for serial flash storage Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 10:38:01 +0100 Message-ID: <14237.1002533881@redhat.com> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: brendan.simon@bigpond.com said: > I can not easily use a DiskOnChip as there are only 12 address lines > from the CPU board connector available to me. I am investigating > serial flash devices. Are there any that MTD or Linux supports ??? You don't need 12 address lines for a DiskOnChip, do you? > I know about the Atmel data flash devices. Are they supported by > Linux or MTD ??? I'm not sure what devices you're referring to - do you have a reference? > I am interested in investigating the chipsets that the key ring type > USB hard drives use. Does anyone know what chipsets these are ? > Does MTD or Linux support them ??? The flash in those devices is generally just standard NAND flash, which is supported by Linux. I have no idea about the microcontrollers which are used to do the translation layer and emulate a hard drive. -- dwmw2