How to use compact flash on embedded 2.6.11 system?

[Dominik Brodowski]

On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 05:31:59PM +0100, Dirk Behme wrote:
> Because PCMCIA HOWTO tells that most CF cards lack a CIS, I think this 
> is OK (?). Now, I'm not sure how to go on:
> 
> Do I need additional userspace tools (except pcmcia-cs-3.2.8)?
> 
> How do I 'mount' the card? Which /dev entries are necessary for this 
> (major/minor)?
> 
> Do I need additional drivers? Kernel patches?
> 
> Please see below the output of cardmgr. In kernel 2.6.11-rc2 pcmciamtd 
> is marked broken
> 
> config MTD_PCMCIA
> 	tristate "PCMCIA MTD driver"
> 	depends on MTD && PCMCIA && MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS && BROKEN
> 
> and I can't find sram_mtd in 2.6.11-rc2?

You need to fix PCMCIA userspace settings (check /etc/pcmcia/config )
so that it doesn't load sram_mtd but pcmciamtd instead -- Dave, what's the
trouble with MTD_PCMCIA? Any fix available?

Thanks,
	Dominik