Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:11:38 -0700 (PDT) | From | Alex Dubov <> | Subject | Re: Smartmedia/xd card support - request for comments |
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--- Ben Dooks <ben@fluff.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 01:50:33AM -0700, Alex Dubov wrote: > > I've implemented, with generous help from JMicron, a native support for Smartmedia/xD picture > card > > media. Currently, only JMicron backend is available, but TI expressed some interest in this > too, > > so TI Flashmedia backend may soon follow. > > > > Smartmedia cards are quite akin to the dumb flash chips, but they have their quirks that put > them > > aside as a separate media type. > > They're NAND chips, just with a standard ECC/block replacement > stratergy... why isn't this under drivers/mtd ? >
They have nothing to do with JFFS or UBI (it's an interchange format). They require FTL. On the other hand, "SmartMedia reader" is a rather definite kind of animal that exists on its own.
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