using PCMCIA driver for CF access

[Michael]

Hi.
It's a long story:
The reason is the HW configuration of the board I have.
The CF is connected to the host bus in memory mode.
In this mode, the CF does not issue interrupts, and utilizing the IDE
code in its current state to work in polling mode is a significant
effort.
We could enable the interrupts in PC Card ATA IO mode, but not in TRUE IDE mode.
The interface in PC Card ATA mode is, well, PC Card ATA (PCMCIA) compatible.
This make PCMCIA driver a natural choice - though it has
extra-capabilities I won't use (and probably will have to disable).
That's about it.

/Michael

On 4/12/07, Peter Stuge <stuge-linux-pcmcia at cdy.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 07:04:43PM +0200, Michael wrote:
> > I have a CF connected in PC Card ATA compatible IO mode.
> > It is connected directly to the host local bus.
> > The CPU is MPC8541 PowerQUICC III.
> >
> > I'd like to use PCMCIA driver (ide-cs) to access the CF.
>
> I still don't understand why you want to PCMCIA drivers when you have
> no PCMCIA or Cardbus controller.
>
> I think the regular ATA drivers or even linux-mtd (Memory Technology
> Devices) drivers would be a better fit.
>
>
> //Peter
>
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