Winmodem-like solid state storage
Winmodem-like solid state storage
Posted Apr 16, 2009 18:53 UTC (Thu) by wmf (guest, #33791)In reply to: Winmodem-like solid state storage by giraffedata
Parent article: Linux Storage and Filesystem Workshop, day 2
Posted Apr 16, 2009 20:15 UTC (Thu)
by giraffedata (guest, #1954)
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Is the driver you're talking about a Linux kernel module? An object code only one?
What is MTD?
Posted Apr 16, 2009 21:55 UTC (Thu)
by wmf (guest, #33791)
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Winmodem-like solid state storage
Fusion io is not raw flash since the driver contains a sophisticated FTL that cannot be disabled. In theory they could release an MTD driver, but they're not going to.
All this has happened before...
Is the driver you're talking about a Linux kernel module? An object code only one?
Yep.
What is MTD?
How you access raw flash. See also UBIFS Raw flash vs. FTL devices.