On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 09:12, John Klar wrote: > Below, I outline a potential "solution" on how to secure a CF card. This is > all theory, none of it has been tested (yet). I'd like the theory to be sound > before I go any further. It's a strawman, go nuts. Please pay particular > attention to the ISSUES section. > <snip> > > - Corruption has been reported on a manually toggled WE line. (URL) The > test configuration is unclear. Was the line toggled on a still mounted > device? If so, there's a very real chance that there were still some write > buffers to be flushed. > > - Beyond corruption, would 'hiding' the device confuse the kernel? The 2.6 > kernel should be much improved w.r.t 'removeable' IDE devices, but that's a > long way off. Some support exists for rescaning the IDE bus. (URL)
John, I don't think this will work without a custom ATA controller. Note: I'm not an EE, so I may be incorrect. You may find the CF 1.4 specifications useful. http://www.compactflash.org/cfspc1_4.pdf -- Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ http://leaf-project.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Two, two, TWO treats in one. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Leaf-hardware mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-hardware
