From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 23 14:39:53 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 8960016A40E for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:39:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@FreeBSD.org) Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49DD113C4E9 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:39:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@FreeBSD.org) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84DF399FEC; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:39:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:39:52 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: SX2S9MJubOQrJK1vgr8eM2F03nR/lKiryvk3Zw0hQm+4 1203777592 Received: from empiric.lon.incunabulum.net (82-35-112-254.cable.ubr07.dals.blueyonder.co.uk [82.35.112.254]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 024BA29BE8; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:39:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <47C03036.4040409@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:39:50 +0000 From: "Bruce M. Simpson" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Duane References: <0FCFCF6165E968449991746EB91D614D010315DA@antipi.jnpr.net> <47C01F1B.3020107@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <47C01F1B.3020107@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 14:39:53 -0000 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. cheers BMS