[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Using flash memory

[From: Alessandro Giusti]

Hello,
I am working at Politecnico di Milano on efficient record-based storage 
strategies on flash memory.  Currently we have an engine (implemented in a 
linux kernel module) which provides efficient handling of tables with fixed 
schemata on flash memory (it is build at the same level of a file system, 
but it is NOT a file system), and a prototype Java DBMS (PoLiDMBS) built on 
this engine. 

I'm wondering if the 770/Maemo community would take advantage of this: we 
currently develop on iPaq/Familiar.  Even the low-level engine alone, 
without the bloat of a full DBMS, could be useful for many light DB-like 
tasks. 

Links for additional info:
http://black.elet.polimi.it/mais/cards/20.htm
and two papers linked from there:
http://www.elet.polimi.it/upload/schreibe/papers/bolchini.pdf
http://www.elet.polimi.it/upload/schreibe/papers/sebd04.pdf 

Thanks, let me know! 

Alessandro Giusti