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Re: fis dir and fconfig data


On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 04:25, Jani Monoses wrote:
> Hello
> 
> is there a reason for CYGSEM_REDBOOT_FLASH_COMBINED_FIS_AND_CONFIG not being
> the only option, so no option actually? Are there any advantages to storing
> the two types of data in different flash blocks?

Yes.  For example, one might want to have a *lot* of config data 
(RedBoot exports these access functions, so it is common for 
applications to use this as well).  In this case, the config data 
and the FIS directory might not fit in a single block.

Similarly, when FLASH blocks are small.

There are many good reasons to have such flexibility, at a small cost
of compile-time complexity.

-- 
Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates


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