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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/CompactFlash b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/CompactFlash deleted file mode 100644 index 8616d877df9e..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/CompactFlash +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -README on the Compact Flash for Card Engines -============================================ - -There are three challenges in supporting the CF interface of the Card -Engines. First, every IO operation must be followed with IO to -another memory region. Second, the slot is wired for one-to-one -address mapping *and* it is wired for 16 bit access only. Second, the -interrupt request line from the CF device isn't wired. - -The IOBARRIER issue is covered in README.IOBARRIER. This isn't an -onerous problem. Enough said here. - -The addressing issue is solved in the -arch/arm/mach-lh7a40x/ide-lpd7a40x.c file with some awkward -work-arounds. We implement a special SELECT_DRIVE routine that is -called before the IDE driver performs its own SELECT_DRIVE. Our code -recognizes that the SELECT register cannot be modified without also -writing a command. It send an IDLE_IMMEDIATE command on selecting a -drive. The function also prevents drive select to the slave drive -since there can be only one. The awkward part is that the IDE driver, -even though we have a select procedure, also attempts to change the -drive by writing directly the SELECT register. This attempt is -explicitly blocked by the OUTB function--not pretty, but effective. - -The lack of interrupts is a more serious problem. Even though the CF -card is fast when compared to a normal IDE device, we don't know that -the CF is really flash. A user could use one of the very small hard -drives being shipped with a CF interface. The IDE code includes a -check for interfaces that lack an IRQ. In these cases, submitting a -command to the IDE controller is followed by a call to poll for -completion. If the device isn't immediately ready, it schedules a -timer to poll again later. |