changeset 729:f917441aa8bc

doc/TIFFS-IVA-usage: update for tiffs-8m
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Fri, 28 Aug 2020 05:26:12 +0000
parents 8e7f6cca385b
children 6ae3ad8865f4
files doc/TIFFS-IVA-usage
diffstat 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/TIFFS-IVA-usage	Fri Aug 28 05:03:54 2020 +0000
+++ b/doc/TIFFS-IVA-usage	Fri Aug 28 05:26:12 2020 +0000
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 this argument is KxN, where K is the flash sector size in KiB and N is the
 number of sectors occupied by the FFS.  For MokoFFS images the correct
 organization argument is 64x7 (7 sectors of 64 KiB each), for Pirelli's FFS
-images it is 256x18 (18 sectors of 256 KiB each), and for TIFFS images read out
-of FreeCalypso development boards it is 256x8 (8 sectors of 256 KiB each).
+images it is 256x18 (18 sectors of 256 KiB each), for TIFFS images read out of
+Tango modules with S71PL064J flash it is 64x15 (15 sectors of 64 KiB each), and
+for TIFFS images read out of FreeCalypso development boards with S71PL129N flash
+it is 256x8 (8 sectors of 256 KiB each).
 
 The following global options may be given before the image filename argument:
 
@@ -56,9 +58,14 @@
 at all because Pirelli's FFS starts at offset 0 within its respective flash
 chip select.)
 
+tiffs-8m is another similar wrapper; it is a more recent addition for working
+with TIFFS images from platforms like D-Sample and Tango that use TI's 8 MiB
+flash configuration.  tiffs-8m strictly parallels mokoffs except than it is
+64x15 instead of 64x7, and -f turns into -o0x700000 instead of -o0x380000.
+
 The next argument after the FFS organization for tiffs (or after the image
-filename for mokoffs/pirffs) is the command (or operation) to be performed.
-The following tiffs commands are currently available:
+filename for mokoffs, pirffs or tiffs-8m) is the command (or operation) to be
+performed.  The following tiffs commands are currently available:
 
 General information commands
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