[ECOS] fis dir and fconfig data

[ECOS] fis dir and fconfig data

[Jani Monoses]

Hello

is there a reason for CYGSEM_REDBOOT_FLASH_COMBINED_FIS_AND_CONFIG not being
the only option, so no option actually? Are there any advantages to storing
the two types of data in different flash blocks?

thanks
Jani

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Re: [ECOS] fis dir and fconfig data

[Gary Thomas]

On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 04:25, Jani Monoses wrote:
> Hello
> 
> is there a reason for CYGSEM_REDBOOT_FLASH_COMBINED_FIS_AND_CONFIG not being
> the only option, so no option actually? Are there any advantages to storing
> the two types of data in different flash blocks?

Yes.  For example, one might want to have a *lot* of config data 
(RedBoot exports these access functions, so it is common for 
applications to use this as well).  In this case, the config data 
and the FIS directory might not fit in a single block.

Similarly, when FLASH blocks are small.

There are many good reasons to have such flexibility, at a small cost
of compile-time complexity.

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Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates


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