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Subject: Re: TPLINK_FIRMWARE_RESERV
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On 14.10.2015 02:08, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Why does "freebsd-wifi-build/build/cfg/tl-wdr3600" configuration file
> has "TPLINK_FIRMWARE_RESERV=0x40000" setting?
> 
> That is 256KB of precious flash space reserved for unknown reason
> that could be used for rootfs instead.

Nevermind, I just realized they are reverved for cfg and mib0 partitions.