From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lazybastard.de ([212.112.238.170] helo=longford.logfs.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1K49Gr-0002RS-Vf for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:48:26 +0000 Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:48:14 +0200 From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel To: Russell Fleitman Subject: Re: Intel Turbo Memory Message-ID: <20080605064814.GB17037@logfs.org> References: <261293.50747.qm@web31815.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <261293.50747.qm@web31815.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 4 June 2008 15:58:34 -0700, Russell Fleitman wrote: > > Hello, I have searched the archives of this list and have found no references to Intel Turbo Memory or Robson. > > Has anyone heard of these chips working? > > I have the output from dmesg and lspci ready to post but thought I would ask if I am barking up the wrong tree first. It appears as if those devices are raw flash and could be accessed through mtd - provided someone either has documentation or creates some by reverse engineering. I have tried to obtain documentation and failed. My best guess is that it is as dead as hybrid disks - those simply don't perform. It would be neat to use for different purposes, but Intel doesn't seem to see a business case anymore and won't ship either a Linux driver or documentation. In short: forget about it. :) Jörn -- When in doubt, punt. When somebody actually complains, go back and fix it... The 90% solution is a good thing. -- Rob Landley