[ECOS] Enabling flash memory support (custom board)

[Gary Thomas]

David Ho wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am attempting to enable AMD/Spansion flash support for redboot but
> when I examined ecos.ecc, it is not active.
> 
> # AMD AM29XXXXX FLASH memory support
> # FLASH memory device support for AMD AM29XXXXX
> #
> cdl_package CYGPKG_DEVS_FLASH_AMD_AM29XXXXX {
>    # Packages cannot be added or removed, nor can their version be changed,
>    # simply by editing their value. Instead the appropriate configuration
>    # should be used to perform these actions.
> 
>    # This option is not active
>    # ActiveIf constraint: CYGPKG_IO_FLASH
>    #     CYGPKG_IO_FLASH == current
>    #   --> 1
>    # ActiveIf constraint: CYGINT_DEVS_FLASH_AMD_AM29XXXXX_REQUIRED
>    #     CYGINT_DEVS_FLASH_AMD_AM29XXXXX_REQUIRED (unknown) == 0
>    #   --> 0
> };
> 
> 
> Looking around, CYGINT_DEVS_FLASH_AMD_AM29XXXXX_REQUIRED is not set, I
> suppose I should not set this manually and let the inference engine
> figure it out.
> 
> The question becomes, how do I do that?
> 
> I have included in my ROM configuration IO_FLASH and DEV_FLASH_AMD,
> enabled FIS and FCONFIG.
> 
> Is there anything I missed?
> 

Your platform has to provide the implementation details for the
FLASH driver.  Look around at how other platforms do it, e.g. the
A&M Adder uses this driver.

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