From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <391B209B.FBCB56EB@mvista.com> Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 14:05:31 -0700 From: Scott Anderson MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: flash drivers References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: "Brown, David (dbrown03)" wrote: > It would be nice if we could have something like drivers/block/ftl.c without > using patented methods. If that's not possible, the next best thing would > be a specific exemption for use on the linuxppc kernels, even if flash is > on-board instead of PCMCIA. Right now, it looks like the best course is the Journaling Flash File System (JFFS) developed by Axis Communications. There is an effort underway to incorporate this with the Memory Technology Device (MTD) subsystem. AFAIK, the JFFS works with 2.0 kernels and there is a porting effort to get it up on 2.3 as well. For more info on JFFS: http://www.developer.axis.com/software/jffs/ and of course, the MTD site already mentioned: http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ There are also mailing lists for both of these activities. Scott Anderson scott_anderson@mvista.com MontaVista Software Inc. (408)328-9214 490 Potrero Ave. http://www.mvista.com Sunnyvale, CA 94086 ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/