From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from blood.actrix.co.nz ([203.96.16.160]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Dw7sy-0003vn-Iq for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:29:09 -0400 Received: from 203-96-62-34-tollfree.actrix.co.nz (203-96-62-34-tollfree.actrix.co.nz [203.96.62.34]) by blood.actrix.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E3DD4AF3 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:28:49 +1200 (NZST) From: Charles Manning To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:31:03 +1200 References: <20050722171510.55261.qmail@web51007.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050722171510.55261.qmail@web51007.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200507231231.03610.manningc2@actrix.gen.nz> Subject: Re: Flash memory PCI Add in card List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Saturday 23 July 2005 05:15, Shankari wrote: > > My end objective is to simulate a flash file system. > For this, I want to know if there are easy ways to > interface the flash (via the PCI) Sometimes I really miss the old days of ISA cards :-(. Building an adequate environment for simulation/development is something I have struggled with too for the development of YAFFS. Why not just use nandsim. Just create a 128MB or whatever lump of "NAND" in RAM. Adding an extra SIM of RAM to your system will be a lot cheaper and easier. Someone on mtd list also built a simple board that attaches NAND to the IDE disk interface. Seems a lot simpler than messing about with PCI. Another alternative is to use a parallel card interface. This will be a bit slower though. If you really want to do a PCI card, then you might find something like a Xilinx or similar PCI evaluation board makes the job simpler. -- Charles