RE: flash writing with Linux

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From: Matthias Fuchs [mailto:matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com]
Sent: 19. mars 2001 17:16
To: Subodh Nijsure; linuxppc-embedded
Subject: Re: flash writing with Linux



Hi Subodh,

Subodh Nijsure wrote:

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Perhaps you can take a look at mtd and use that to manage

your flash.

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With mtd you can partition your flash to different devices

and erase them

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selectively.

What is mtd ? Never heard of before !

It is flash abstracation layer (driver), and is now part of the
official linux 2.4.x kernels from Linus.
http://www.mtd-infradead.org

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Once you have your flash partitioned you can simply cat a

file to /dev/mtd#

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to copy new content to the flash.

That sounds nice and seems to be same like the stuff Wolfgang
offered in
his 2.4.3-preX patch.

Yes it is.

Matthias


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