From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from web21504.mail.yahoo.com ([66.163.169.15]) by pentafluge.infradead.org with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 17IiiZ-0003PP-00 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 05:29:47 +0100 Message-ID: <20020614042945.11949.qmail@web21504.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:29:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Studying MTD Subject: Re: why MTD model ? To: David Woodhouse Cc: linux-mtd In-Reply-To: <30266.1024004092@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: --- David Woodhouse wrote: > > studying_mtd@yahoo.com said: > > Can somehow we treat(emulate) memory device as a > block device and > > treat memory device like a hard disk ? > > Not directly, no. There are drivers which do so -- > and present a flash > device as a block device using translation layers of > various complexity, you mean, it is possible. > but that is not a true representation of the > capabilities of the underlying > device. > what you mean by "true representation of the capabilities" ? what i will miss, if i use memory flash device as block device and merge memory flash device with other block devices ? what is the advantage of MTD model with respect to block devices , why we use MTD ? thanks for your help. > -- > dwmw2 > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com