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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Survey for Rockbox in Flash, please participateRE: Survey for Rockbox in Flash, please participate
From: scott <die_pokemon_die123_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 07:33:43 -0700 (PDT) that's what my FMR shows too -scott --- Geordi Sinclair <g.sinclair_at_publitec.vnu.com> wrote: > I get with my ARCHOS Recoreder > > Flash: M=BF D=D6" > > cheers > Geordi > > -----Original Message----- > From: idc-dragon_at_gmx.de [mailto:idc-dragon_at_gmx.de] > Sent: 19 May 2003 11:55 > To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se > Subject: Survey for Rockbox in Flash, please participate > > > Hello, > > we're starting to work on the possibility to bring Rockbox into the Flash > ROM of the jukebox. Imagine booting in maybe 3 seconds! > > Don't tell me it's dangerous. The box has a boot ROM, it seems to contain a > little monitor communicating over RS232. We may be able to use this to > inject > code to program the box even if the flash is completely garbled. All this is > to be analyzed yet. > > There are units with flash chips that could be programmed in-system, while > others can't (like mine, grr!). > I made some test code to find out, by reading the flash IDs. Since the > 20030518 daily build this code is in. Please test yours, in the menu go to > "Debug > (Keep Out!)" -> "View HW info". If the Flash entry lists hex bytes for > manufacturer and device, you're lucky. If it gives only question marks, it > failed > to bring the flash into command mode, meaning either the chip would need a > 12.5V programming voltage (like my SST37VF020) or you have some exotic flash > my > code is not prepared for. > > The lucky guys are most likely to find "Flash: M=BF D=D6", which means > SST39VF020. I would be very interested in other values. > > If you did the test, please post here or email me regardless of the result, > I'd like to get some meaningful statistics. > > Thanks, > Jörg > > -- > +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ > Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage! > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com Received on 2003-06-20 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |