FW: M-SYS Doc Replacements

Robert Sandilands robert.sandilands at secureworx.com
Tue Feb 12 05:07:18 EST 2002


You are not the only one with that problem. We have the same problem with
Kernel 2.4.5. They basically told us that they will not fix this problem
after they dodged the issue for about 4 months.

Robert Sandilands

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Fowler [mailto:cfowler at outpostsentinel.com]
> Sent: 12 February 2002 02:58
> To: kira brown
> Cc: linux-mtd at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: RE: FW: M-SYS Doc Replacements
> 
> 
> My problem is there is the kernel thread named 'msys/fla'  I 
> can't seem to
> get the
> people at M-SYS to tell me what this thing is doing.  My DOC 
> chip is *not*
> mounted.  In fact, I can rmmod
> the driver.  That shouldt ell you the flash is not in use.  
> But this thread
> keeps my load averages around 1.
> 
> If I 'rmmod doc' then my load averages drop to 0.06.  WWhat 
> does this thread
> do to a flash
> that is not in use?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kira brown [mailto:kira at hex.linuxgrrls.org]
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:53 PM
> To: Chris Fowler
> Cc: linux-mtd at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: FW: M-SYS Doc Replacements
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Chris Fowler wrote:
> 
> > Is anyone selling M-SYS compatible euqipment.
> 
> No, that's what 'proprietary' means.
> 
> >   I'm apparently the only one
> > who is using Linux on the DOC2000.
> 
> Nope, you're not;  lots of people do.  It's *much* better to use bare
> flash though-  many sources and cheaper too.
> 
> k.
> 
> 
> 
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