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Committed By: uebayasi
Date: Thu Jul 29 06:49:56 UTC 2010
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src/share/man/man4 [uebayasi-xip]: flash.4
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+.\" $NetBSD: flash.4,v 1.1.2.1 2010/07/29 06:49:56 uebayasi Exp $
+.\"
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+.Dd July 27, 2010
+.Dt FLASH 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm flash
+.Nd NOR FlashROM driver
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd "options XIP"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+driver provides a minimal MI access to NOR FlashROMs.
+The only supported interface is the
+.Xr mmap 2
+to userland.
+Write is not supported.
+The
+.Nm
+driver was added mainly to support XIP.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /dev/XXrXflashX -compact
+.It Pa /dev/{,r}flash*
+.Nm
+device special files.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr xip 7
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+driver first appeared in
+.Nx 6.0 .
