Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: RFC: emulation of system flash

[Scott Wood]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:46:34 +0100
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <address@hidden> wrote:

> Auf 10.03.2011 13:06, Jan Kiszka schrieb:
> > I'm thinking beyond this use case, beyond firmware flashes, beyond x86.
> >   
> 
> If you're thinking beyond x86, most flash is probably using SPI nowadays
> because the reduced PCB footprint can save lots of money. And for SPI
> you only need OOB access for write and the memory region itself is readonly.

CFI still seems pretty dominant, at least in evaluation boards, which seem
more likely to be a qemu target than custom hardware.

-Scott