From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans-Christian Egtvedt Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:59:57 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] Flash for AT91RM9200 In-Reply-To: <6090c5eb0804040554w3d675e90q52c6bd8724925374@mail.gmail.com> References: <039401c895a7$61f39304$85f0af0a@corp.atmel.com> <6090c5eb0804040452s11dc749m4fb3c1e44c341295@mail.gmail.com> <1207311272.1106.4.camel@localhost> <6090c5eb0804040554w3d675e90q52c6bd8724925374@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1207313997.1106.15.camel@localhost> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 14:54 +0200, Jorge S. wrote: > Hi Hans: > > Thanks for your urgent reply. > > What do you think about a combo solution? > > - SPI Dataflash for booting Does not work for AVR32 devices, AVR32 AP700X only supports booting from NOR flash. Will be changed in future devices though. > - Some at least 128 MiB Flash for rootfs... > Seems sane, depends on your application. I guess GUI with tons of graphics? > Any known problem on the AVR32 world with big nand flashes? > I have heard one report on 2 GB NAND device being slow to mount, but that may be kernel JFFS2 related and/or extreme slow once when writing cleanmarkers problem. Others report 1 GB being fast and nifty. PS! I only work with AVR32 products, so I have little knowledge about the ARM line. I guess Ulf can fill in the missing spots. -- With kind regards, Hans-Christian Egtvedt, Applications Engineer