Subject: Re: maple driver
To: None <port-dreamcast@netbsd.org>
From: ITOH Yasufumi <itohy@netbsd.org>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 10/05/2002 16:23:42
quadreverb@yahoo.com writes:
> --- ITOH Yasufumi <itohy@netbsd.org> wrote:
> > No function is added for now (but I'm working on
> > memory card driver).
> 
> What uses would this have? It would be neat if you
> could bootstrap a kernel stored on it, but other than
> that, is there a lot of use for it other than just
> making it work?

A memory card has only 128KB and is not enough to have a kernel.
However, if we can save configurations, which correspond to /etc/*
files for example, it'd be useful for stand-alone use.

In theory, larger storage device (not by bank switching) is possible
but I don't know whether larger ones exist.
-- 
ITOH Yasufumi