Hi, Gary, Gary Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Markus Schaber wrote: > > Andrew Lunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> Ugly, because it looks like the flash driver interface consists of some > >>> static functions, so it will be impossible to support different flashes > >>> concurrently. Luckily, we'll only need a single flash unit at the > >>> moment. > >> Take a look at the flash_v2 branch. We hope that in the next few > >> months to merge this into the trunk. > > > > That sounds interesting, I'll have a look at it. But I'm afraid that, > > for now, I'll go the short path. > > Albeit more complex, using the flash_v2 branch is probably your > only choice if you want to run JFFS2 on NAND. There's quite a lot > of work involved in making this functional (hence why it's not already > in the tree!). In particular, the JFFS2 code will need to be updated > and there are many NAND specific functions which it expects to be > available which the mainline (flash_v1) does not support. It seems that the flash_v2 branch was forked 2003, so there are 5 years of differences between the branch and the trunk. So I have to step deeply into the eCos internas to figure out and merge the needed changes, it seems. Regards, Markus -- Markus Schaber | Logical Tracking&Tracing International AG Dipl. Inf. | Software Development GIS Fight against software patents in Europe! www.ffii.org www.nosoftwarepatents.org -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
