linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng v2.17 (stable)

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:20:39 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>
CC:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	util-linux-ng@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng v2.17 (stable)

On 01/12/2010 01:37 AM, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Tue, 12 January 2010 00:19:24 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>> I believe for Smartmedia the FTL is done host side, but that there is a
>> standard-specified FTL (called CIS, Card Information System.)
>
> A CIS block/page is part of the FTL design.  Not sure whether it also
> lends its name to it.  I'll just take your word for it.
>
> Whether the FTL is done host side depends on the card reader and your
> definition of host side.  Most old card readers implemented it in the
> driver, but some newer ones prefer to export a usb mass storage
> interface, thereby not requiring any driver CD.
>

"Host side" in this case means "not on the card".  The electrical 
interface to Smartmedia is, indeed, raw NAND.

	-hpa
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