* writing to flash
@ 2001-07-19 23:39 Tim Hockin
2001-07-20 1:06 ` Tim Hockin
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From: Tim Hockin @ 2001-07-19 23:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mtd
Is there a reason nothing uses copy_to() methods except map_ram?
It seems strange that for every byte I want to write to my flash chip, I
have to execute 3 one-byte writes, when I could use copy_to().
Is there any reason we don't?
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Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
thockin@sun.com
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* Re: writing to flash
2001-07-19 23:39 writing to flash Tim Hockin
@ 2001-07-20 1:06 ` Tim Hockin
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From: Tim Hockin @ 2001-07-20 1:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mtd
Tim Hockin wrote:
> Is there a reason nothing uses copy_to() methods except map_ram?
>
> It seems strange that for every byte I want to write to my flash chip, I
> have to execute 3 one-byte writes, when I could use copy_to().
>
> Is there any reason we don't?
>
>
On the off chance that someone replied to my Q - Mozilla ate my mail for
the last 30 minutes - resend?
--
Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
thockin@sun.com
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* Writing to flash
@ 2005-02-22 11:49 sunil m
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From: sunil m @ 2005-02-22 11:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mtd
hello,
How a kernel module sees an onboard flash memory ? How is it possible
to write to onboard flash memory from a kernel module ? say writing
some informations to a file in flash. please help
br,
sunil m
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