ecos nand flash

http://cygwin.ru/ml/ecos-discuss/2008-11/msg00218.html

Alpha release eCos NAND Flash, eCos YAFFS

• From : Rutger Hofman <rutger at cs dot vu dot nl>
• To : eCos Patches List <ecos-patches at ecos dot sourceware dot org>, eCos Discuss List <ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org>
• Date : Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:30:23 +0100
• Subject : [ECOS] Alpha release eCos NAND Flash, eCos YAFFS

Last time I visited a conference, everybody spoke about 'Release early, release often'.

Here comes an alpha release of the eCos NAND Flash library and the eCos YAFFS wrapper library (r536 of our repository).

To note:
- documentation in packages/io/flash_nand/current/doc/ and packages/fs/yaffs/current/doc/
- it has been tested on a BlackFin with on-board NAND Flash controller, and one ST-Micro chip;
- it has survived some long tests on the YAFFS file system;
- if you want to use it, you will need to implement the device-specific code for your NAND Flash controller. I bundle a template for such a device that uses GPIO pins (packages/devs/flash/nfc_gpio); you will also need to generate a little bit of NAND chip-specific code;
- a recent YAFFS checkout is bundled too in the tar; if this is converted into a regular eCos package, the YAFFS code proper will go so users must download YAFFS code separately. Cause: licensing issues;
- the code still has many debug prints (diag_printf) which will have to go in beta or stable releases

Download:

ecos.db append:

   http://www.cs.vu.nl/~rutger/software/nand-flash/ecos.db-append


NAND flash package:

   http://www.cs.vu.nl/~rutger/software/nand-flash/nand-flash.r536.tbz2


YAFFS wrappers and YAFFS source:

   http://www.cs.vu.nl/~rutger/software/nand-flash/yaffs.r536.tbz2

Any feedback will be appreciated.

Rutger Hofman

VU Amsterdam

Rutger Hofman's eCos packages

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~rutger/software/ecos/nand-flash/index.html