Re: [PATCH 6/6] block: Add n64 cart driver

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On 1/4/21 9:27 AM, Lauri Kasanen wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 08:13:32 -0800
> Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>> The media is read-only (but not runtime removable).
>>
>> It's been a while, but I could swear we can save state on these carts.
>> If so, it sounds like that must be separate from the media this driver
>> is accessing, so is that capability provided through a different driver?
> 
> Saving uses a separate mechanism, and there are several depending on
> what type of cart it is (no saves, flash, eeprom, or sram). If the cart
> has no save possibility, there is an optional memory card attached to
> the joypad controller.
> 
> Currently there is no driver for any of these.

Maybe it'd make sense to make this runtime configurable through configfs
or similar, requiring boot parameters (and hence a reboot to change
them) seems pretty iffy. Similarly, why isn't it available as a module?

-- 
Jens Axboe




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