RE: [ECOS] redboot block size on IQ80310

[tjohnson <tjohnson at itd dot nrl dot navy dot mil>]

> > I'm sure there's enough space 
> > because 'fis free' returns 0x60000 - 0x7C0000, which is 
> > plenty of room.

 0x7C0000
- 0x60000
---------
 0x760000 = 7733248 bytes or 7.375MB

my root file system file maxes out at around 5 megs (depending on what I
put in it). But I can't create the file in flash. 

log:
---------------------------------------------
RedBoot> fis free
  0x00060000 .. 0x007C0000
RedBoot> fis list
Name              FLASH addr  Mem addr    Length      Entry point
RedBoot           0x00000000  0x00000000  0x00040000  0x00000000
RedBoot[backup]   0x00040000  0x00040000  0x00040000  0x00000000
RedBoot config    0x007C0000  0x007C0000  0x00020000  0x00000000
FIS directory     0x007E0000  0x007E0000  0x00020000  0x00000000
RedBoot> fis create -b 0xa0200000 -l 0x500000 rootfs.img
Can't locate 5242880 bytes free in FLASH
RedBoot>
---------------------------------------------

as you can see 5242880 < 7733248!

On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 15:15, Doyle, Patrick wrote:
> Have you tried executing an:
> 
> RedBoot> fis free
> 
> to see if your flash is erased?  The "fis free" command will report regions
> of flash that it believes are erased.  The last time I looked, "fis create"
> used the same code to determine if there was enough room for a new image.
> 
> --wpd
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tjohnson [mailto:tjohnson@itd.nrl.navy.mil] 
> > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 3:15 PM
> > To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
> > Subject: [ECOS] redboot block size on IQ80310
> > 
> > 
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > I was wondering if anyone knew the max file size on redboot 
> > for an Intel IQ80310 board. I was trying to burn a root file 
> > system for linux into flash and for any file greater than 
> > say, 2 meg 'fis create' returns saying it can't find enough 
> > space to fit the file in. I'm sure there's enough space 
> > because 'fis free' returns 0x60000 - 0x7C0000, which is 
> > plenty of room. It seems like this has to do with the 
> > block_size on IQ80310 and redboot's inability to burn file's 
> > larger than that value. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> > 
> > -Travis
> > 
> > 
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> 
> Patrick Doyle
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