compact flash driver

[Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh)]

>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Zeffertt <ajz at cambridgebroadband.com> writes:

>> Hello All, Are there any compact flash driver supported for Linux

>> 2.6? If there is where can i get the source code. Thanks, Bizhan

>> 

Alex> I think that CF cards just get treated the same as any other

Alex> IDE disk by linux. No special driver needed.

>Yes. There are some gotchas with newer pcmcia/cardbus flash cards.

>For instance, Silicon Systems devices claim to support IORDY, but
don't, which results in a system hang. I imagine that the same >kind of
things will show up in newer CF devices, although I think that CF can't
support DMA.

>It also depends upon how you interface CF: via an IDE controller, or
via a cardbus interface.

>I expect to have a git tree with stuff available soon.

Do you have an early release code? I can start to work at.

Many thanks in advance,

Bizhan

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