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From: Hamish Guthrie <hamish@prodigi.ch>
To: Philip Loewen <philip@tidepool.ca>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Toshiba NAND flash on CS5530A Southbridge
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 09:55:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <483A6CFB.9000902@prodigi.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <483A665C.9030107@tidepool.ca>

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Philip Loewen wrote:
> I would like to get linux access to the Toshiba NAND flash 
> in my Compaq Evo T20 thin client, made in 2001. I have tried 
> many many combinations of the kernel parameters without 
> success. RTFM and SFTW have left me no wiser, so I am asking 
> here: can anyone suggest a working recipe?
> 
> The thin client has a Geode GX1 CPU, an AMD CS5530A 
> Southbridge, and 48MB of flash memory soldered to the 
> mainboard: Toshiba TC58128FT or some near relation. The 
> kernel version is 2.6.24-gentoo-r8. At some early stage I 
> stumbled upon some combination of keys that caused 
> interesting-sounding devices like /dev/mtd0 to appear, but 
> they didn't seem mountable so I adjusted the kernel and 
> recompiled without noting the settings I had -- ouch! -- and 
> now even that small glimmer of hope has gone.
> 
> Any helpful suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks.
> 
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      reply	other threads:[~2008-05-26  7:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-26  7:27 Toshiba NAND flash on CS5530A Southbridge Philip Loewen
2008-05-26  7:55 ` Hamish Guthrie [this message]

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