flash writing with Linux

[Kári Davíðsson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthias Fuchs [mailto:matthias.fuchs at esd-electronics.com]
> Sent: 19. mars 2001 17:16
> To: Subodh Nijsure; linuxppc-embedded
> Subject: Re: flash writing with Linux
>
>
>
> Hi Subodh,
>
> Subodh Nijsure wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps you can take a look at mtd and use that to manage
> your flash.
> > With mtd you can partition your flash to different devices
> and erase them
> > selectively.
> What is mtd ? Never heard of before !

It is flash abstracation layer (driver), and is now part of the
official linux 2.4.x kernels from Linus.
http://www.mtd-infradead.org

> >
> > Once you have your flash partitioned you can simply cat a
> file to /dev/mtd#
> > to copy new content to the flash.
> That sounds nice and seems to be same like the stuff Wolfgang
> offered in
> his 2.4.3-preX patch.

Yes it is.

>
> Matthias
>
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