RE: [rtl] Flash File System

[Richard Prescott <rip@step.polymtl.ca>]

On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Reinhold Schoeb wrote:

> 
> On 24-Apr-98 Hugo CHARBONNEAU wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Maybe my question is a little not related to this mailling list but I
> >think some of you
> >might have an answer for me.
> >
> >Is a flash file system for linux or rtlinux exists?
> >

If you talking about filesystem only, kernel 2.1 include romfs but doesn't
include stuff to manage a flash (not yet).  Me and some friends have a
flash block device driver project for Linux (not just RTLinux) for Teknor 
Industrial Computers cards.  But, we will be able to work on only in june.
This driver must will probably be able to drive all intel base flash
chips.


> >I am desperately looking for a way of creating a database on a flash
> >memory

For a card like Teknor one, you may acces flash dirrectly without drivers,
I do some (working) test with a bash script and a little C program call
port that acces /dev/port to do io acces and a little C program call mem
that acces /dev/mem in the same way.

> >and I need a flash file system to optimize the read-write operations.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Hugo Charbonneau
> >hcharbonneau@socoint.com
> >
> 
> I know of a commercial flash file system for Linux. Please have a look at
> 
> http://www.igel.de
> 

I will.

> Reinhold
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