[ECOS] RedBoot FIS directory and flash config data location

[Gary Thomas]

hartleys wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
> Are there any patches for RedBoot to correctly place the FIS directory
> and config data so that they are properly aligned on an erase block?
> 
> My system uses an Intel P33 top parameter block StrataFlash. This device
> has the upper 128K block divided into 4 32K parameter blocks. I would
> like the FIS directory to occupied the first 3 parameter blocks and the
> config data to occupy the last 32K block. If this is possible I think
> the Linux MTD drivers could be modified to allow these two blocks to be
> writeable.
> 
> Currently on my system 4 MTD partitions are found when Linux boots
> (using a 16MB
> device):
> 
> Creating 4 MTD partitions on "physmap-flash":
> 0x00000000-0x00040000 : "RedBoot"
> 0x00040000-0x00fe0000 : "unallocated"
> 0x00fe0000-0x00fff000 : "FIS directory"
> mtd: partition "FIS directory" doesn't end on an erase block -- force
> read-only 0x00fff000-0x01000000 : "RedBoot config"
> mtd: partition "RedBoot config" doesn't start on an erase block boundary
> -- force read-only
> 
> Good - Blocks 0 and 1 contain the RedBoot code itself.
> Good - Blocks 2 thru 126 (the last 128K block) are unallocated.
> Bad  - Blocks 127, 128, 129 and 28K of block 130 contain the FIS
> directory.
> Bad  - The last 4K of block 130 contains the RedBoot config.
> 
> What I would like is for the last two entries to be:
> 
> Good - Blocks 127, 128 and 129 contain the FIS directory.
> Good - Block 130 contains the RedBoot config.
> 
> I realize this decreases the FID directory by 28K but it appears each
> entry is only 256 bytes so there is still space for 384 entries in the
> 96K region (112 entries are lost by not using the extra 28K). This
> should be plenty for most applications. You end up with a lot of wasted
> space in the RedBoot config region but I think the trade off is worth
> it.
> 
> I'm willing to tackle the problem myself but wanted to make sure it
> hasn't already been looked at.

Isn't it sufficient to just configure the 'fconfig' size to be 32KB?

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