From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4153 invoked by alias); 8 Mar 2006 20:21:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 4143 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Mar 2006 20:21:54 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (HELO zproxy.gmail.com) (64.233.162.202) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:21:51 +0000 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id o1so282475nzf for ; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:21:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.38.13 with SMTP id l13mr2440377nzl; Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:21:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.33.4 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:21:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <6f506bf60603081221s3564106agd31024b507ccdd7a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:21:00 -0000 From: "Grant Mills" To: "Grant Mills" , "eCos Discussion" In-Reply-To: <20060308195825.GC19406@lunn.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <6f506bf60603081121ga5a3c2cs925c9ad4362198ad@mail.gmail.com> <20060308195825.GC19406@lunn.ch> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] Modifying RedBoot to support multiple flash devices X-SW-Source: 2006-03/txt/msg00086.txt.bz2 On 3/8/06, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 11:21:11AM -0800, Grant Mills wrote: > > All, > > I am potentially going to be adding support to eCos/RedBoot to > > support multiple flash types in the same executable. The reason for > > this is the desire to use the cheapest flash available at any given > > time. That potentially means bouncing between Intel, AMD/Spansion, > > .... We currently support this in our products using custom boot > > code. We are looking to migrate to RedBoot. For us this is a > > requirement. > > > > First, I must ask this question, "Has this already been done or is > > somebody in the process of doing this?" Second, will the > > configuration tool support something like this? It would require the > > ability to select an item to support multiple parts, which would > > enable selecting multiple flash types/vendors. > > Take a look at the flash_v2 branch in anoncvs. This gives you the > necassary infrastructure in the flash code to support multiple > devices. > > The configuration tool is not affected. You need to add a new target > which has all the required flash packages. > > Andrew > > -- > Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos > and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss > > Excellent. Now if I could only convince the Corporate IT people to open up the firewall enough for me to access the cvs server. Thanks. -- Grant Mills gmills@ucsd.edu -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss