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Re: Modifying RedBoot to support multiple flash devices
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn dot ch>
- To: Grant Mills <gmills at ucsd dot edu>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 20:58:25 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Modifying RedBoot to support multiple flash devices
- References: <6f506bf60603081121ga5a3c2cs925c9ad4362198ad@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 11:21:11AM -0800, Grant Mills wrote:
> All,
> I am potentially going to be adding support to eCos/RedBoot to
> support multiple flash types in the same executable. The reason for
> this is the desire to use the cheapest flash available at any given
> time. That potentially means bouncing between Intel, AMD/Spansion,
> .... We currently support this in our products using custom boot
> code. We are looking to migrate to RedBoot. For us this is a
> requirement.
>
> First, I must ask this question, "Has this already been done or is
> somebody in the process of doing this?" Second, will the
> configuration tool support something like this? It would require the
> ability to select an item to support multiple parts, which would
> enable selecting multiple flash types/vendors.
Take a look at the flash_v2 branch in anoncvs. This gives you the
necassary infrastructure in the flash code to support multiple
devices.
The configuration tool is not affected. You need to add a new target
which has all the required flash packages.
Andrew
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