From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 16UOmT-0004CG-00 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2002 09:05:49 +0000 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <20020126062925.22509.qmail@web8101.in.yahoo.com> References: <20020126062925.22509.qmail@web8101.in.yahoo.com> To: Ramya Ravichandran Cc: Russ Dill , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Cf Card vs DiskOnChip Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 09:16:50 +0000 Message-ID: <21767.1012036610@redhat.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: rrhsin@yahoo.co.in said: > If the price of DOC is less than the CF+IDE adapter or CF + > PCMCIA-CF adapter then I guess we will settle for DOC. OOI, why is it not an option to just use flash chips? > Also I dont know which adapter to go for PCMCIA or IDE for CF as I > am not a h/w person. PCMCIA mode is likely to be cheaper - CF cards contain an IDE controller, which you can use in PCMCIA mode. No need to have another one one your board. -- dwmw2