From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tds-102399.k.se.telia.net ([213.64.187.90] helo=bjorndell) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 15vxr2-0001AE-00 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:28:12 +0100 Received: from bjorn by bjorndell with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15vxYR-0003Xt-00 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:08:59 +0200 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:08:59 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Eriksson To: "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" Subject: Re: filesystem for battery-buffered SRAM Message-ID: <20011023110859.A13613@algonet.se> References: <3BD43008.3A7C27D7@esd-electronics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <3BD43008.3A7C27D7@esd-electronics.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: On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 04:41:12PM +0200, Matthias Fuchs wrote: > I have to setup an embedded Linux box that uses 1MB of battery buffered > SRAM to store nonvolatile data. > This memory is directly mapped into ma addressspace and needs no magic > things to read or write to it. > > What might be the best choice for a filesystem for this memory and is it > possible to setup file access with MTD. > With other words: Is MTD able to access normal RAM devices (no FLASH, > but SRAM) ? Use mtdram with CONFIG_MTDRAM_ABS_POS. It's (the config option) there for exactly this purpose. -- //Björnen.