Subject: Re: Flash and nvram
To: None <bgjung@etri.re.kr>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-sandpoint
Date: 06/07/2002 10:44:20
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:32:46AM -0400, bgjung@etri.re.kr wrote:
> For ramdisk exceution, non-volatile storage is needed.
> PMC Flash(1M) and NVRAM(8K, I guess) on sandpoint X3 can be used for that
> purpose.
> I can't find proper features for this.
> Is it possible to use flash or nvram just like a general file system after
> "mount".
Not quite. I do have some code somewhere that needs to be cleaned up
and integrated that would allow some access to flash like a filesystem.
There is currently no support for either right now, though. The
nvram should probably have a simple device for access. I'm not
quite sure how to talk to this--it's not something I've really
looked at yet. I expect that both DINK and ppcboot do read/write
it, though.
-allen
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