On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 11:02 +0100, Fortini Matteo wrote:
> The simple_map_init() works at a higher level, what I'm redefining is a
> function called by mtd->read()
not sure I follow. What you want to do is change the access to the
flash. You do this by turning on MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS and then set
The simple_map_init() works at a higher level, what I'm redefining is a
function called by mtd->read()
The block size for e.g. a dd if=/dev/mtd0 of=/dev/null
with the default block size (I believe it's 512Bytes), fetches from
/dev/mtd0 4096 Bytes at a time.
I'd prefer the kernel to be schedulin
On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 09:52 +0200, Fortini Matteo wrote:
> I didn't find a cleaner way than just #ifdef'ing the map_copy_from call
> and substitute with my call on relevant cases. I wonder if there is a
> cleaner way.
Remove the call to simple_map_init() and do it manually in your driver
with y
Hi,
I'm working on a powerpc (PPC512x) embedded Linux product, and while I
was trying to improve boot time, I found I could exploit the hw in order
to speed up reading from NOR flashes.
The Linux/mtd version we're using is 2.6.24.6+Freescale patches.
Basically, I needed to hack the map_copy_fro
