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On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Erik Ekman <email address hidden> wrote:

> If anyone still cares about this, I have done some work on a
> reverse-engineered driver.
> Reading and writing to the flash partially works, but as a raw flash
> device (MTD), not a block device. The device does not have a flash
> translation layer like an SSD.
>
> The code is available at https://github.com/yarrick/turbomem
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312380
>
> Title:
>   Support Intel Turbo Memory as a block device
>
> Status in The Linux Kernel:
>   New
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   I have a Lenovo T61 (and another Lenovo T61p) that has Intel Turbo
>   Memory in it. I'm not suggesting any approach as to how to use the
>   memory - I just want access to it as a block device so I can do
>   something with it.
>
>   There is a Brainstorm entry about using Turbo Memory in a fashion
>   similar to ReadyBoost: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/12409/ This
>   is *not* what this bug is about - it's just about making the device
>   available for use.
>
>   Here's the relevant output form lspci -vv:
>
>   02:00.0 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Turbo Memory Controller
> (rev 01)
>         Subsystem: Intel Corporation Turbo Memory Controller
>         Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
>         Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>         Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
>         Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
>         Region 0: Memory at dbdffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
>         Region 2: I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
>         [virtual] Expansion ROM at dfe00000 [disabled] [size=64K]
>         Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
>                 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
> PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
>                 Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>         Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit-
> Queue=0/0 Enable-
>                 Address: 00000000  Data: 0000
>         Capabilities: [68] Express (v1) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 01
>                 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s
> unlimited, L1 unlimited
>                         ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
>                 DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal-
> Unsupported-
>                         RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
>                         MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
>                 DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr-
> TransPend-
>                 LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1,
> Latency L0 <512ns, L1 <32us
>                         ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
>                 LnkCtl: ASPM L0s Enabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain-
> CommClk+
>                         ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
>                 LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+
> DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
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