Re: PCI NVRAM card for Linux?

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 02:00:07 +0000

quinlan@transmeta.com said:
> I'm in the process of looking for a PCI NVRAM card that could be used
> with Linux, and I haven't been very successful thus far.

> For this task, flash memory is not an option, since it is only
> designed for a relatively small number of writes, and it is slow. What
> you probably want is either battery-backed SDRAM or SRAM. 64MB is a
> good amount, but I'd settle for less (especially if a version
> providing more NVRAM was forthcoming).

> So, is anyone aware of such a card available on the general market?

When I was mucking about with drivers for M-Systems' ISA Flash disks a year or
two ago, ISTR that they were also available with SRAM instead of flash.

http://www.m-sys.com/

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