From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from offshost.com ([91.194.90.55]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1K0XZL-0006IT-3W for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 07:56:36 +0000 Message-ID: <483A6CFB.9000902@prodigi.ch> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 09:55:39 +0200 From: Hamish Guthrie MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Philip Loewen Subject: Re: Toshiba NAND flash on CS5530A Southbridge References: <483A665C.9030107@tidepool.ca> In-Reply-To: <483A665C.9030107@tidepool.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Try this link: http://winterm.gaast.net/main.php/news.html 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. > > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/