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Re: redboot block size on IQ80310

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn dot ch>
To: tjohnson <tjohnson at itd dot nrl dot navy dot mil>, "Doyle, Patrick" <WPD at dtccom dot com>,ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:13:48 +0200
Subject: Re: [ECOS] redboot block size on IQ80310
References: <F18ED44D2778844592DFB732956B6651B52D76@DTCNT40S4> <1087848891.8031.30.camel@ewigg.fw5540.net> <20040621224851.GB7220@lunn.ch>

> Humm, Redboot[backup] starts at 0x00040000 and is 0x00040000 in
> length. That means it finishes at 0x0007ffff. So why is fis free
> showing you 0x00060000 as being the first free address?

Reading the source code explains this. RedBoot decided which areas of
flash are free by looking at the contents of the flash, not what the
FIS table says is in use. ie if the flash block conatins all 0xff its
free.

        Andrew

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