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Re: FLASH file system
- To: "Simpkins, Andy" <Andy dot Simpkins at transcomm dot uk dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] FLASH file system
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew dot lunn at ascom dot ch>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 10:34:11 +0200
- Cc: "eCos-Discuss (E-mail)" <ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <919A3A7F776FD311AFD600508B44A7F301795B5E@ramhqlon.transcomm.uk.com>
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 09:25:45AM +0100, Simpkins, Andy wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Does anyone know if there is an eCos FLASH file handling module (i.e. treats
> FLASH as a disk)
The ROM FS can run this the FS in FLASH. Its read only. Is that what you mean?
Or do you mean using the flash as a block device? You open /dev/flash
and read blocks and write blocks? Im not sure that would be very
efficient. The flash on my device has 256k blocks.
Andrew