Name:          mtd
Version:       20000131
Kernelver:     2.2.14 / 2.3.41
Status:        5
Maintainer:    David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com>
Author:        David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com>
Description:   Support for memory devices (flash/ram cards)
Date:          31-JAN-2000
Descfile-URL:  ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/people/dwmw2/mtd/mtd.desc
Download-URL:  ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/people/dwmw2/mtd/mtd-20000131.tar.gz

This provides a subsystem for handling Memory Technology Devices, such as 
flash and RAM cards.

It contains hardware support, in various states of usefulness, for:

	slram		- uncached system memory
	doc1000		- The old DiskOnChip 1000 and ISA flash cards.
	doc2000 	- DiskOnChip2000 (not yet Millennium)
	octagon-5066	- Memory-mapped flash found on a Single Board Computer
	vmax301 	- Likewise.

The devices are presented to the user by default as a character device. 
However, three block devices are available:
	
	ftl		- The original FTL filesystem, as used by PCMCIA
	nftl		- The new (NAND) FTL system, for the DiskOnChip
	mtdblock	- Direct block device access to the MTD

It also contains an implementation of Microsoft's FFS2 filesystem for use on
flash devices.

More information, along with an archive of the mailing list, can be found on 
the project's web page - http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/