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DiskOnChip
The DiskOnChip (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/files/xda-pictures_036.jpg )%%% Is a chip by [m-systems|http://www.m-sys.com]. The driver software is called ~TrueFFS. It is a flashchip with 'translation' software which makes it pretend to behave pretty much like an sd-card. In the [Himalaya], and [HTC_Blueangel], the DiskOnChip contains the bootsplash, extended rom, and storage. on the [HTC_Typhoon], the DiskOnChip contains also the OS image, and radio software, and some bootstrap code, which loads the various parts in memory. the [HTC_Magician] does not contain a DiskOnChip; all its data resides in one 64M intel flash chip. ---- the ~Extended_ROM partition is usually hidden, but can be made visible by deleting this registry key: <pre> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\~StorageManager\Profiles\TRUEFFS_DOC] "~MountFlags"=dword:00000001 </pre> on most phones this partition is writeprotected, you can unprotect it using [this|http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=8422] tool. it sends a =~DeviceIoControl(hDsk1, FL_IOCTL_BDTL_HW_PROTECTION, {0, password, PROTECTION_INSERT_KEY})= followed by a =~DeviceIoControl(hDsk1, FL_IOCTL_BDTL_HW_PROTECTION, {PROTECTABLE, password, PROTECTION_CHANGE_TYPE})= where PROTECTION_CHANGE_TYPE= 6 PROTECTION_INSERT_KEY= 0 FL_IOCTL_BDTL_HW_PROTECTION= 3011 * the extended rompassword for the [HTC_Blueangel] is =eGnAeUlB= * the extended rompassword for the [Himalaya] is =aYaLaMiH= * the extended rompassword for the [HTC_Alpine] is = eNiPlA= (that starts with 2 spaces) * the extended rompassword for the [HTC_Universal] is =SiRevInu= in XdaUtils there is a tool [pdocread|XdaUtils/pdocread.exe] to read the contents of DiskOnChip devices. ---- ----------- --------------- The DiskOnChip Millennium Plus is just a normal NAND flash chip, with a little ASIC which does error correction in hardware. It is supported by Linux. The Millennium Plus comes in three models -- there is a 16MiB version which is properly supported by the current Linux drivers, a 32MiB version which uses 16-bit flash access and is needs some extra work, then the 64MiB version which is effectively just two of the 32MiB chips stuck together. The 'extra work' which needs to be done for the 32MiB device (and hence also for the 64MiB device) is related to using 16-bit access and 'interleaving' the contents of the flash. It's actually implemented in Linux too, but in the deprecated 'doc2001plus' driver. It should be relatively simple for someone who cares to make the new 'drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c' driver work for the 32MiB and 64MiB models. Linux also has an implementation of 'INFTL', which is the technical name of the translation layer which M-Systems call '~TrueFFS' on the DiskOnChip Millennium Plus. It hasn't received a huge amount of testing, but ought to work well enough that the 'disk' partitions can be accessed correctly. It should also be possible to use JFFS2 on the DiskOnChip.