On 1/15/07, Grahame Falvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 15/01/07, Paul Bohme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > kkr wrote:
> > As mentioned on http://www.linuxtogo.org/gowiki/OpenMoko/Hardware , the > > CPU (Samsung s3c2410) can manage 1 GB of memory. > > > > Even if I don't know how Linux manage SDcard (or SDHC), I think that the > > limitation is bound to the CPU. > > The SD is going to be handled through interfaces that enable much larger > range than the physical memory limitations of the CPU. >From the Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card#SD_and_SDHC_-_compatibility "SD and SDHC - compatibility A new SD format, SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity), allows capacities in excess of 2GB (4GB to 32GB)[5]. SDHC uses the same form factor as SD, but the SD 2.0 standard in SDHC uses a different memory addressing method (sector addressing vs byte addressing[6])." So it appears that it's all up the the controller chip in the reader?
If the microSD is pinwise compatible with SD, would it be possible to: * take out the battery * attach the battery using wires * take out the microSD * attach a SD-card using wires If so then it should be fairly easy to test if the Neo will work with an 8 GB card, even though 8 GB microSD cards do not exist yet. The test could be done with http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/31/pretec-releases-first-8gb-sdhc-card/ (No, it do not suggest using the Neo with the battery and flash card dangling on wires - it is only for testing). /Ole _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
