RE: MTD newbie wants programming a 28F800 with a 2.2.18 kernel

RE: MTD newbie wants programming a 28F800 with a 2.2.18 kernel

[Jeffrey Lim]

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 13:56:46 +0100, "Gettert, Wolfram"
<Wolfram.Gettert@fci.com> said:
> 
> Do you try to tell me not to use the patch but getting the most recent
> MTD
> code from 2.5.x and get it running under 2.2.18?
> Perhaps it's just the easiest way? Of course I get the best MTD code.
> 
> 
> Wolfram
> 

yes - why not? The CVS code is for the most part the best code to get,
since any corrections for any earlier code will be incorporated here.

Unless you're sure that you have something already working, or that the
CVS has a problem, you should always consider taking a look at the CVS...

-jf




> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jörn Engel [mailto:joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de]
> > Sent: Mittwoch, 6. November 2002 10:27
> > To: Gettert, Wolfram
> > Cc: 'linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org'
> > Subject: Re: MTD newbie wants programming a 28F800 with a 
> > 2.2.18 kernel
> > 
> > On Wed, 6 November 2002 09:25:25 +0100, Gettert, Wolfram wrote:
> > > I am completely new to MTD. My job is to program a 28F800 
> > boot block flash
> > > running a 2.2.18 kernel.
> > > ...
> > 
> > As always, bugging the company to finally upgrade to a recent kernel
> > is a good thing, although unrealistic. :-)
> > 
> > Most of the mtd code in cvs should be running on any kernel from 2.2.0
> > up to 2.5.current. David has done an excellent job there. So you
> > should take a peek into cvs, whenever you have a problem.
> > 
> > Apart from that, try to cut down on the number of #ifdefs, consider
> > sending a patch to David and good luck!
> > 
> > Jörn
> > 
> > -- 
> > Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
> > -- Albert Einstein
> > 

 
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RE: MTD newbie wants programming a 28F800 with a 2.2.18 kernel

[Gettert, Wolfram]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jörn Engel [mailto:joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 6. November 2002 10:27
> To: Gettert, Wolfram
> Cc: 'linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org'
> Subject: Re: MTD newbie wants programming a 28F800 with a 
> 2.2.18 kernel
> 
> 
> On Wed, 6 November 2002 09:25:25 +0100, Gettert, Wolfram wrote:
> > I am completely new to MTD. My job is to program a 28F800 
> boot block flash
> > running a 2.2.18 kernel.
> > I am using  this patch mtd-patch-2.2.18-20001218-2230GMT. 
> Since there is no
> > support for the 28F800 because it has CUI not CFI  I need 
> to write the
> > driver for the CUI. I found the lart-driver (lart.c) in the 
> 2.5.x sources
> > which can manage a 28F160 (which is compatible to 28F800).
> > 
> > Do you know of any implementation of the lart-driver on a 
> 2.2.x kernel?
> > Since the mtd_info structure has changed extensively from 
> the 2.2.18-patch
> > to 2.5.x there is a lot of work to-do.
> 
> As always, bugging the company to finally upgrade to a recent kernel
> is a good thing, although unrealistic. :-)
> 
> Most of the mtd code in cvs should be running on any kernel from 2.2.0
> up to 2.5.current. David has done an excellent job there. So you
> should take a peek into cvs, whenever you have a problem.
> 
> Apart from that, try to cut down on the number of #ifdefs, consider
> sending a patch to David and good luck!
> 
> Jörn
> 
> -- 
> Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
> -- Albert Einstein
> 

Do you try to tell me not to use the patch but getting the most recent MTD
code from 2.5.x and get it running under 2.2.18?
Perhaps it's just the easiest way? Of course I get the best MTD code.


Wolfram

Re: MTD newbie wants programming a 28F800 with a 2.2.18 kernel

[Jörn Engel]

On Wed, 6 November 2002 13:56:46 +0100, Gettert, Wolfram wrote:
> 
> Do you try to tell me not to use the patch but getting the most recent MTD
> code from 2.5.x and get it running under 2.2.18?
> Perhaps it's just the easiest way? Of course I get the best MTD code.

The patch was mtd-patch-2.2.18-20001218-2230GMT, right?
                               ^^^^^^^^
Dezember 2000 sound a bit old. You can of course use it, but I would
either look for a newer patch or create one myself, yes.

You also might want to look through the mailing list archive a bit.
2.2.x questions are rare but they do happen from time to time. And the
archive has more knowledge than I do. :-)

Jörn

-- 
"Security vulnerabilities are here to stay."
-- Scott Culp, Manager of the Microsoft Security Response Center, 2001

MTD newbie wants programming a 28F800 with a 2.2.18 kernel

[Gettert, Wolfram]

Hallo
I am completely new to MTD. My job is to program a 28F800 boot block flash
running a 2.2.18 kernel.
I am using  this patch mtd-patch-2.2.18-20001218-2230GMT. Since there is no
support for the 28F800 because it has CUI not CFI  I need to write the
driver for the CUI. I found the lart-driver (lart.c) in the 2.5.x sources
which can manage a 28F160 (which is compatible to 28F800).

Do you know of any implementation of the lart-driver on a 2.2.x kernel?
Since the mtd_info structure has changed extensively from the 2.2.18-patch
to 2.5.x there is a lot of work to-do.

THX

Wolfram
 

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Re: MTD newbie wants programming a 28F800 with a 2.2.18 kernel

[Jörn Engel]

On Wed, 6 November 2002 09:25:25 +0100, Gettert, Wolfram wrote:
> I am completely new to MTD. My job is to program a 28F800 boot block flash
> running a 2.2.18 kernel.
> I am using  this patch mtd-patch-2.2.18-20001218-2230GMT. Since there is no
> support for the 28F800 because it has CUI not CFI  I need to write the
> driver for the CUI. I found the lart-driver (lart.c) in the 2.5.x sources
> which can manage a 28F160 (which is compatible to 28F800).
> 
> Do you know of any implementation of the lart-driver on a 2.2.x kernel?
> Since the mtd_info structure has changed extensively from the 2.2.18-patch
> to 2.5.x there is a lot of work to-do.

As always, bugging the company to finally upgrade to a recent kernel
is a good thing, although unrealistic. :-)

Most of the mtd code in cvs should be running on any kernel from 2.2.0
up to 2.5.current. David has done an excellent job there. So you
should take a peek into cvs, whenever you have a problem.

Apart from that, try to cut down on the number of #ifdefs, consider
sending a patch to David and good luck!

Jörn

-- 
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
-- Albert Einstein