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 15qqxY-0007ri-00 for ; Tue, 09 Oct 2001 08:05:48 +0100 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <3BC2A094.2020006@bigpond.com> References: <3BC2A094.2020006@bigpond.com> <29826.1002609767@redhat.com> To: brendan.simon@bigpond.com Cc: mtd Subject: Re: mtd: looking for serial flash storage Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 08:14:54 +0100 Message-ID: <30579.1002611694@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: brendan.simon@bigpond.com said: > This is fantastic news. I assumed that if the DOC had those address > lines then it would need all of them. They're there for compatibility. M-Systems make sure that you can drop the newer devices into the same hole on your board as the older devices. If you skimp on the address lines because you happen to know one of their devices doesn't need them, don't sulk if the next one doesn't work :) > Is this information true for the 16MB TSOP-I DOC2000 and also the 32MB > TSOP-I DOC Millenium Plus ??? Aparently they are pin compatible and > can be used as a drop in replacement for each other. It should be true for the DOC2000. The Millennium Plus is a different beast entirely, and isn't supported - we only support the Millennium. In this context, 'pin-compatible and can be used as a drop in replacement' means solely that it doesn't need more than the 13 address lines and 8 data lines which were specified for all the DiskOnChip family. I doubt the Millennium Plus actually needs the A10 line either, but it's all academic because we can't drive it anyway - we don't have any specs for it. -- dwmw2