On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 14:53 -0700, Eugene Surovegin wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 05:19:17PM -0400, Jeff.Fellin at rflelect.com wrote: > > > > I am looking for information in the kernel or elsewhere about flash usage > > statistics. I'm interested in knowing how > > many times a sector has been erased and written to. This doesn't have to be > > for all time, since other tools > > can erase and write the flash (U-boot), but just what the activity during > > application processing. We use the > > flash to store configuration files that are changeable and would like to > > determine the expected lifetime > > of the chips at use sites. > > > > Any pointers to places where flash statistics are maintained or tools to > > collect these statistics is > > appreciated. > > Flash datasheet must have this information.
They have information on the maximum number of writes per eraseblock, yes. But I think Jeff is looking for some statistic gathering tools he can use to figure out how his application workload is effecting flash. I doubt that is in any datasheets ;). josh
