From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3307 invoked by alias); 23 May 2005 09:21:34 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 3176 invoked by uid 22791); 23 May 2005 09:21:16 -0000 Received: from anchor-post-30.mail.demon.net (HELO anchor-post-30.mail.demon.net) (194.217.242.88) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Mon, 23 May 2005 09:21:16 +0000 Received: from calivar.demon.co.uk ([83.104.54.243] helo=xl5.calivar.com) by anchor-post-30.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1Da97S-00036W-38; Mon, 23 May 2005 09:21:07 +0000 Received: from xl5.calivar.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xl5.calivar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B8337DD4; Mon, 23 May 2005 10:21:06 +0100 (BST) To: yrodguez@iuma.ulpgc.es Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com References: <20050523101406.s4r61dmdussw0s8w@webmail.iuma.ulpgc.es> From: Nick Garnett Original-Sender: nickg@ecoscentric.com Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 09:57:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20050523101406.s4r61dmdussw0s8w@webmail.iuma.ulpgc.es> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: [ECOS] flash driver on excalibur board X-SW-Source: 2005-05/txt/msg00292.txt.bz2 yrodguez@iuma.ulpgc.es writes: > hi, > i have a doubt. Why is necessary a flash driver on Excalibur board??. I thought > the EBI into the stripe translate AHB transactions to flash transactions. The EBI only allows you to access the flash as a memory device. If you want to reprogram it, or erase it, then you must submit commands to it. This is what the flash driver does. -- Nick Garnett eCos Kernel Architect http://www.ecoscentric.com The eCos and RedBoot experts -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss