Re: Memory card block device

On 06.02.2004, at 16:58, David Remahl wrote:
> Has any work, or thought, been put into creating a driver for the 
> GameCube memory cards?

I don't think so.

> I ordered a cheap 64 MB memory card, so that could be a very 
> convenient source of a reasonable amount of persistent storage.

That's probably 64 Mbits, not MBytes, so your memory card is just 8 MB.
Mine is just 2 MB :-(

> I have no experience of writing neither block device drivers, nor MTD 
> drivers for Linux, so I'm unsure of what the best route is. If someone 
> knows better, I'd love to listen and do the work.

There are always lots of people in the IRC, and perhaps even someone 
who can help you interactively.

> There isn't that much to read about the memory card in the R.E. spec, 
> but as far as I can discern (with my limited driver and hardware 
> hacking knowledge) there aren't any gaping holes there. It should be 
> "a simple matter of programming", right?

Probably.

> Unless someone else already did this, or planned to do it soon, I will 
> make an attempt as soon as I receive all the necessary equipment.

Excellent.

   Michael



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