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From: <ebi...@ln...> - 2001-04-25 21:11:28
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Dirk von Suchodoletz <di...@go...> writes: > > > I mailed the guy some weeks ago, but he is working on porting SuSE-linux > > > to axp (?) platform. Maybe if some more people asking him for this tool he > > > gives some more efforts to this project :-) > > > > Actually this work just needs to get folded into the current mtd drivers > > in the 2.4 kernel. The infrastructure is nicer and they are being actively > > developed and maintained. > > Dont know much of kernel programming and these MTD :-( Quite a bit. And once you have the docs to the motherboards, and chipsets, and flash memories everything is straightforward and simple. Getting the docs for motherboards tends to be the tricky part. But I haven't really looked into the general case. Just one or two specific cases. > As I heard the BIOS must be accessed via the mainboard chipset. You need to map the BIOS into your address space, and about half the time you need to enable writes to the BIOS. > Do this type of flash match into the concepts of the MTD? Yes. You just need a per-chipsest or per-motherboard mapping driver to enable the writes, and allow access to it. > It would be great to have a more general driver for steady development, > than a single kernel module patch... The basic mtd stuff works well. Eric |
