[Arm-netbook] EOMA-CF

Henrik Nordström henrik at henriknordstrom.net
Mon Jan 23 17:41:05 GMT 2012


There may be mmc ram cards at least in theory. Mmc is basically a block device, hiding the complexity of nand behind the mmc interface.

I have not heard of mmc ram cards. But have not looked for any either.

----- Ursprungsmeddelande -----
> On 01/23/2012 09:16 AM, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> > 
> > Agreed. What was the conclusion in the end on the subject of using the
> > NAND controller for extra RAM? There was a suggestion that the A10 NAND
> > controller could actually address RAM. An extra 4GB of block-device
> > addressable RAM for fast swap would help compensate for only 1GB of
> > actual RAM. Assuming, of course, the NAND controller is in fact capable
> > of this.
> > 
> > 
> I honestly can't tell from the very short data sheet I've seen. It 
> appears to not support any RAM but the data sheet has been written by a 
> non-native English speaker.
> 
> Can anyone tell from the u-boot source or is that controller init only 
> in an earlier boot stage?
> 
> -Bari
> 
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