[OLPC-devel] NAND Flash Performance: Wireless Chip's Controller

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 16:31 -0700, Mark J. Foster wrote:
> Hi, Folks,
> 
> The following is Alan Cunningham's (of Marvell) response to our queries 
> regarding using the controller on-board the Marvell wireless chip.  
> While it is plausible, a variety of concerns, including relatively
> modest performance, space issues, potential interference with wireless 
> operations, etc, lead us to conclude that this isn't the solution to 
> improving NAND Flash performance.
> 
> That leaves two primary solutions available to us.  Using the Phison 
> NAND controller, as well as the potential CAFE ASIC approach that I'd 
> mentioned earlier.  We'll make a decision on which approach to take by 
> early next week.

Please treat the Phison as the last resort.

If you think its a real solution we need to do some real test ASAP. From
my experience with such controllers, trouble is waiting.

	tglx