From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: "Alessandro Staltari" <a_staltari@yahoo.com>
Cc: mtd@infradead.org
Subject: Re: Maybe FAQ, but I don't know te answer...
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 08:58:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <15502.981449891@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <003c01c08fd2$db3d36a0$016310ac@archimede>
a_staltari@yahoo.com said:
> I'm using M-System's DiskOnChip2000. I'd like to use mtd drivers
> provided within the Linux kernel 2.4.0 but some questions arise: Which
> is the most reliable GPL'd flash translation layer available in the
> linux 2.4.0 kernel?
On the DiskOnChip, you need to use NFTL.
> Is it ready to be used in production?
I'm using M-System's DiskOnChip2000. I'd like to use mtd drivers provided
within the Linux kernel 2.4.0 but some questions arise:
Which is the most reliable GPL'd flash translation layer available in the
linux 2.4.0 kernel? Is it ready to be used in production?
Which boot loader should I use to boot the system from the flash?
Almost. There are some problems with the larger devices, but it should be
OK on the smaller (<36M) ones. The problems with larger devices should be
fixed soon - as soon as someone actually has time to work on it, basically.
> Which boot loader should I use to boot the system from the flash?
You can leave the original firmware in place, which makes it pretend to be
a BIOS-supported hard drive. So you can use any bootloader, although some
versions of LILO have problems with the amount of memory that the firmware
eats. We can also load Grub into the DiskOnChip in place of the original
firmware, and we've done about 90% of the work required to make grub
capable of loading a kernel from the DiskOnChip - just needs a few bugs
fixed.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-06 0:22 Maybe FAQ, but I don't know te answer Alessandro Staltari
2001-02-06 8:58 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2001-02-06 14:03 ` David Hamm
2001-02-06 15:35 ` dr john halewood
2001-02-12 8:05 ` Christer Weinigel
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