From: mferrell@mvista.com
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Darryl Dieckman <ddieckma@cliftonlabs.com>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: USB Device Support
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 01:34:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010621013421.C20440@thud.mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <30891.993108683@redhat.com>; from dwmw2@infradead.org on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 08:31:23AM +0100
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So far all the USB Storage interface devices I have played with, including
flash on USB, are all pretty much the same. The Linux USB Storage drivers
export the device as a SCSI device to user land. But then again, those are
still only the ones I have played with. Maybe someone wanted to do something
different? Would it even comply with USB spec if they did?
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 08:31:23AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
>
> ddieckma@cliftonlabs.com said:
> > I'm looking into the feasibility of developing a driver for a USB
> > FLASH storage device.
>
> Are you sure this USB device really looks like flash to the computer?
>
> I thought that USB devices, just like CompactFlash, had a kind of
> translation layer built in which does everything for you, including wear
> levelling. They just appear as a USB storage device, don't they?
>
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Mark Ferrell <mferrell@mvista.com>
Monta Vista Software Inc. <http://www.mvista.com>
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2001-06-21 2:25 USB Device Support Darryl Dieckman
2001-06-21 7:31 ` David Woodhouse
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