Hi All,
We have used the CF in our design since it came out. One advantage we have
found is that the CF IS (for all intensive purposes) an IDE drive. With a
platform that has no video output it can sometimes be difficult
troubleshooting serial hardware and Ethernet problems (especially in
manufacturing). With the CF we can use a simple adapter in any Linux PC and
mount the drive to view /var/log/messages etc. That works great for
development work as well. The adapter is just a PC board that has a CF
bracket and a mini-ide connecter (the kind you would find for portable
computers). We just buy a portable to regular IDE adapter and it can
connect to a PC's ide cable.
John Markham
EnFlex Corp.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Renzmann
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 8:04 AM
To: Warren Postma
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: any embedded linux distros support disk on chip?
Hi Warren.
> It's a chicken and egg situation. I feel for the people who can't
> binary compile the DiskOnChip drivers in then distribute it, as
> that's annoying, but think about it....
[...]
I agree 100% with what you said about Linus and kernel licence, and
1000% with what you said on M-Systems. As long there is no open source
driver for their product, I wonīt use their chips with any product
that runs linux.
In my situation compact flash has another big advantage: Iīm not
dependant to one single manufacturer. If company a canīt deliver
enough cf to me, Iīll go to company b. It does not matter (apart from
the price, maybe) as I donīt have to change anything within the
software. We do not have the problem of lacking an IDE port in our
hardware, so there is no problem avoiding the usage of DOCs.
> Warren
Bye, Mike
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