linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/18] ihex.h: binary representation of ihex records

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Message-ID: <4847DB82.60408@ladisch.de>
Date:	Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:26:42 +0200
From:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/18] ihex.h: binary representation of ihex records

David Woodhouse wrote:
> Some devices need their firmware as a set of {address, len, data...}
> records in some specific order rather than a simple blob.

At least in the case of EZ-USB-based devices, this is not a requirement.
It seems most tools just do not bother to order the records in Intel hex
files.  Any firmware that is downloaded with the EZ-USB's "load
internal" request (0xa0) can be converted to a plain memory dump.


Regards,
Clemens
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