From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 23 16:16:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6661916A421; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:16:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from smtpoutm.mac.com (smtpoutm.mac.com [17.148.16.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51E2E13C447; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:16:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (asmtp007-s [10.150.69.70]) by smtpoutm.mac.com (Xserve/smtpout009/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id m1NG5f3t028027; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:05:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.20.1.111] (dsl093-166-098.sfo2.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.166.98]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/asmtp007/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id m1NG5dNX013270 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:05:40 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <9C903216-6C19-4D6F-80D2-27C161845567@mac.com> From: Marcel Moolenaar To: "Bruce M. Simpson" In-Reply-To: <47C03036.4040409@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:05:39 -0800 References: <0FCFCF6165E968449991746EB91D614D010315DA@antipi.jnpr.net> <47C01F1B.3020107@FreeBSD.org> <47C03036.4040409@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/cfi NOR flash driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:16:55 -0000 On Feb 23, 2008, at 6:39 AM, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > Bruce M. Simpson wrote: >> Andrew Duane wrote: >>> I have the NOR flash driver that Bill Paul wrote for 6.x, and have >>> been >>> getting it going on our MIPS-based boards. One major missing piece >>> is >>> all the GEOM stuff for making it behave as a disk drive to mount >>> filesystems on. >>> >>> Is this really missing, or did whoever grabbed it for our 6.1 port >>> just >>> get too early a version? If it is missing, is this something that's >>> worth back-offering to the FreeBSD community? >> >> I haven't seen this cfi driver of which you speak, can you please >> point me at it? > > I see that this diff: > http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/e500.diff > > contains this CFI code under a 3-clause BSD license. It would be > good if it were available in a more consumable format. This CFI > support is much needed. We should have this integrated with CVS shortly. What do you mean with consumable format? -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com