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DISCUSSION Tim Hockin 1 participant 2 messages Jul 19, 2001 – Jul 20, 2001 Memory technology devices (MTD)

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Is there a reason nothing uses copy_to() methods except map_ram?

It seems strange that for every byte I want to write to my flash chip, I have to execute 3 one-byte writes, when I could use copy_to().

Is there any reason we don't?

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Tim Hockin
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Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
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Is there a reason nothing uses copy_to() methods except map_ram?

It seems strange that for every byte I want to write to my flash chip, I have to execute 3 one-byte writes, when I could use copy_to().

Is there any reason we don't?

On the off chance that someone replied to my Q - Mozilla ate my mail for the last 30 minutes - resend?

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Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
[email protected]