On Tue, 12 January 2010 00:19:24 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > I believe for Smartmedia the FTL is done host side, but that there is a > standard-specified FTL (called CIS, Card Information System.) A CIS block/page is part of the FTL design. Not sure whether it also lends its name to it. I'll just take your word for it. Whether the FTL is done host side depends on the card reader and your definition of host side. Most old card readers implemented it in the driver, but some newer ones prefer to export a usb mass storage interface, thereby not requiring any driver CD. Jörn -- You cannot suppose that Moliere ever troubled himself to be original in the matter of ideas. You cannot suppose that the stories he tells in his plays have never been told before. They were culled, as you very well know. -- Andre-Louis Moreau in Scarabouche -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html