[ECOS] Alpha release eCos NAND Flash, eCos YAFFS

[Rutger Hofman <rutger at cs dot vu dot nl>]

Last time I visited a conference, everybody spoke about 'Release early, 
release often'.

Here comes an alpha release of the eCos NAND Flash library and the eCos 
YAFFS wrapper library (r536 of our repository).

To note:
- documentation in packages/io/flash_nand/current/doc/ and 
packages/fs/yaffs/current/doc/
- it has been tested on a BlackFin with on-board NAND Flash controller, 
and one ST-Micro chip;
- it has survived some long tests on the YAFFS file system;
- if you want to use it, you will need to implement the device-specific 
code for your NAND Flash controller. I bundle a template for such a 
device that uses GPIO pins (packages/devs/flash/nfc_gpio); you will also 
need to generate a little bit of NAND chip-specific code;
- a recent YAFFS checkout is bundled too in the tar; if this is 
converted into a regular eCos package, the YAFFS code proper will go so 
users must download YAFFS code separately. Cause: licensing issues;
- the code still has many debug prints (diag_printf) which will have to 
go in beta or stable releases

Download:
ecos.db append:
   http://www.cs.vu.nl/~rutger/software/nand-flash/ecos.db-append
NAND flash package:
   http://www.cs.vu.nl/~rutger/software/nand-flash/nand-flash.r536.tbz2
YAFFS wrappers and YAFFS source:
   http://www.cs.vu.nl/~rutger/software/nand-flash/yaffs.r536.tbz2

Any feedback will be appreciated.

Rutger Hofman
VU Amsterdam

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