Can I have the dd commands once again? I am not using busybox stuff. Thank you.
-----Original Message----- From: Wolfgang Denk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 2:32 PM To: Navin Boppuri Cc: Linuxppc-Embedded (E-mail) Subject: Re: Flash Driver In message <3A494DE356A49A40B37442E1E0D9F3B506341C at ptah.ad.newisys.com> you wrote: > > Coool!! Now I have the flash driver registering itself and telling me > all about the number of partitions on my flash etc. etc. I have the > flash device in the /dev directory. Now, how do I use them? I remember > using them before using the dd command. That's one option. If your write() calls are the same or a multiple of the erase block size, the driver performs auto-erase. You you can just read / write it. Attached below is a small patch against busybox to add flash_info and flash_erase as busybox applets. [That's part of SELF, our Simple Embedded Linux Framework; I just wish I'd find the time to complete the documentation so I could put it all up for FTP...] Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de "He only drinks when he gets depressed." "Why does he get depressed?" "Sometimes it's because he hasn't had a drink." - Terry Pratchett, _Men at Arms_ ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
