Flash memory PCI Add in card

[Charles Manning]

On Saturday 23 July 2005 05:15, Shankari wrote:

>
> My end objective is to simulate a flash file system.
> For this, I want to know if there are easy ways to
> interface the flash (via the PCI)

Sometimes I really miss the old days of ISA cards :-(.

Building an adequate environment for simulation/development is something I 
have struggled with too for the development of YAFFS.

Why not just use nandsim. Just create a 128MB or whatever lump of "NAND" in 
RAM. Adding an extra SIM of RAM to your system will be a lot cheaper and 
easier.

Someone on mtd list also built a simple board that attaches NAND to the IDE 
disk interface. Seems a lot simpler than messing about with PCI.

Another alternative is to use a parallel card interface. This will be a bit 
slower though.

If you really want to do a PCI card, then you might find something like a 
Xilinx or similar PCI evaluation board makes the job simpler.

-- Charles