From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 23 16:29:37 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 CE08E16A407 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:29:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aduane@juniper.net) Received: from exprod7og109.obsmtp.com (exprod7og109.obsmtp.com [64.18.2.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8753813C457 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:29:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aduane@juniper.net) Received: from source ([66.129.224.36]) by exprod7ob109.postini.com ([64.18.6.12]) with SMTP; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:29:34 PST Received: from proton.jnpr.net ([10.10.2.37]) by emailsmtp56.jnpr.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:28:08 -0800 Received: from antipi.jnpr.net ([10.10.2.34]) by proton.jnpr.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:26:58 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:26:14 -0500 Message-ID: <0FCFCF6165E968449991746EB91D614D142EBE@antipi.jnpr.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: /dev/cfi NOR flash driver Thread-Index: Ach2KfVEZxYQ1epBQHuxKyE1LZDoEQADtnEu References: <0FCFCF6165E968449991746EB91D614D010315DA@antipi.jnpr.net> <47C01F1B.3020107@FreeBSD.org> <47C03036.4040409@FreeBSD.org> From: "Andrew Duane" To: "Bruce M. Simpson" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Feb 2008 16:26:58.0801 (UTC) FILETIME=[E9836E10:01C87638] 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 16:29:37 -0000 That includes the code I have, all under sys/dev/cfi. I don't know what a "3-clause BSD" license is, or what constitutes a = more consumable format though. For now, I'm going to just work on adding = GEOM support to this driver, and then see about getting it pushed back = to whoever wants it. -----Original Message----- From: Bruce M. Simpson [mailto:bms@FreeBSD.org] Sent: Sat 2/23/2008 9:39 AM To: Andrew Duane Cc: freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /dev/cfi NOR flash driver =20 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? =20 > > I haven't seen this cfi driver of which you speak, can you please=20 > 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=20 needed. cheers BMS