From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gate.epygi.de ([212.126.211.241] helo=epygi.de) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 16vxed-0000xH-00 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:47:39 +0100 Received: from pcstephan (pc-stephan.epygi.de [192.168.13.32]) by epygi.de (8.11.2/8.11.2) with SMTP id g3C9llM29648 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:47:47 +0200 (METDST) From: "Stephan Linke" To: "Linux-Mtd" Subject: FW: Re: mapping of boot loader offset Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:47:48 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephan Linke [mailto:Stephan.Linke@epygi.de] > Sent: Donnerstag, 11. April 2002 18:50 > To: Tino Keitel > Cc: Linux-Mtd-Admin <---------- :o) oops > Subject: RE: mapping of boot loader offset > > > Hi! > > You may probably fix it by using the mapping file for your mtd > driver. I mean the stuff placed in drivers/mtd/maps. > > Here you have the chance to manipulate the addresses of the flash > access. You have to call the real access function of the actual > flash driver. So you could simply check the offset of the access > and if its above the "magic" address of your boot loader you > could add an additional offset. That's it. I didn't do that yet > and I think it's not the basic intantion of that mapping files. > (I think they should be used to split up flash areas, not to > connect them.) But I think it could work. > > Maybe someone else has an "official" idea ;-). If not... > > Regards, Stephan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org > > [mailto:linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org]On Behalf Of Tino Keitel > > Sent: Donnerstag, 11. April 2002 16:30 > > To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org > > Subject: mapping of boot loader offset > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I wonder what to do if a processor looks for its BIOS/loader at a > > specified > > address that is somewhere in the middle of a flash chip. The same > > chip will > > contain one JFFS2. The boot loader area will have to be mapped > out of the > > file system. Is there already something that MTD can do for me? > > > > Regards, > > Tino > > > > -- > > tino.keitel@innominate.com > > dipl.-inf. Innominate Security Technologies AG > > software engineer networking people > > tel: +49.30.6392-3308 http://www.innominate.com/ > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/ > >