From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from thor.lineo.com ([204.246.147.11]) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 15ExQ5-0006eK-00 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 19:18:37 +0100 Message-ID: <3B38D2EF.AA20118D@Rikers.org> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:22:39 -0600 From: Tim Riker MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Simon Evans CC: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Block device as MTD References: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: I assume David will just integrate this into the stuff he maintains and from there to the kernel sources. I'd like to test it as well. Simon Evans wrote: > > Hi, > > I have written a mtd driver that makes a block device > appear as an MTD device, ie you can use a floppy disk, > hard disk or Compact flash as an MTD then put JFFS2 on > top etc. The main reason for writing this was so I could > put JFFS2 on a Compact Flash (which pretends to be an IDE drive), > however it can be used as a test device for using JFFS2 on > large devices (you should be able to use upto a 4gig block device) > or floppy disks (ie eject the disk when it does a write for testing > jorunalling). > > I have tested it on a floppy disk, and 96MB CF and it seems relatively > stable. > > What is the best procedure for releasing it. > > cheers > si > > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/ -- Tim Riker - http://rikers.org/ - short SIGs! All I need to know I could have learned in Kindergarten ... if I'd just been paying attention.