Re: Flash Device Driver

In message <H00002af04b2e173@MHS> kingseft wrote:

 I found Flash Device driver related files in linux-2.4.3-pre3-2001-03-11
 I have Intel TE28F160B3(2MBytes, 16bit port size, bottom boot type) flash memory.

 Question1:
 Can I use my intel flash memory for your flash device driver?

I think it should run without any modifications.

 I got flash vendor id : CFI_VENDOR_INTEL_STANDARD
 so , I modified your code like this.
  } else if ((primary_vendor == CFI_VENDOR_INTEL_SHARP_EXTENDED) ||
           (primary_vendor == CFI_VENDOR_INTEL_STANDARD) ) {
 Is it possible ??

Where did you modify code? Please show the  output  of  a  "diff  -u"
command!

 Question2:
 when kernel booted, I found this messages.
 Found 1x16bit 2MBytes CFI Flash device of type Intel Standard at 0xFFE00000
 registered flash device /dev/flasha (minor 0, 4 partitions)
 and when I got shell prompt. I made like this.

This looks good, the flash has correctly been recognized.

 I tried like this.
 ls -al >> result.txt
 cat result.txt >> /dev/flasha4

To use the auto-erase feature of the driver, you must  write  with  a
blocksize  that  is  a  multiple of the erase block size of the flash
chips.

Try something like

	dd if=result.txt of=/dev/flasha4 bs=128k conv=sync

 cat /dev/flasha4
 but I coudn't find my result.txt contents..
 Is it impossible??

Probably the flash was not erased? Were there any error messages?

 Questions3:
 I read your README but I had a question.
 Where can I find flash_erase ??
 W. Denx wrote flash_erase /dev/flasha start_addr end_addr
 Thanks for any comments and replyings...

See attachment.

Wolfgang Denk

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