Uses for SPI Flash
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I hope to use my SPI for firmware (and if needed also storage of any hardware unique values such as MAC addresses) since I'd like to shift that out of eMMC and make it easier to use generic off-the-shelf distros.

I might also set up a tiny read-only Linux distro for disaster recovery. The remaining few MB should be just enough for a kernel and userspace that can fetch images over the network and write them to eMMC.
PineTime: wasp-os and MicroPython, Pinebook Pro:  Debian Bullseye


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Uses for SPI Flash - by NoraCodes - 09-29-2019, 10:53 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by Arwen - 09-29-2019, 11:38 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by NoraCodes - 09-29-2019, 01:12 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by Arwen - 09-29-2019, 07:53 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by kalpazanius - 09-30-2019, 03:28 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by ayufan - 09-30-2019, 04:47 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by kalpazanius - 10-01-2019, 06:14 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by danielt - 10-01-2019, 07:07 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by enip - 10-08-2019, 06:24 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by danielt - 10-08-2019, 09:41 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by kalpazanius - 10-08-2019, 09:53 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by danielt - 10-08-2019, 10:20 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by z4v4l - 09-30-2019, 10:25 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by z4v4l - 09-30-2019, 01:43 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by danielt - 10-01-2019, 05:42 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by danielt - 10-01-2019, 08:52 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by Arwen - 10-02-2019, 05:54 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by z4v4l - 10-02-2019, 08:30 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by danielt - 10-03-2019, 03:33 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by bcnaz - 10-04-2019, 03:02 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by PakoSt - 10-07-2019, 01:30 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by Arwen - 10-07-2019, 02:08 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by z4v4l - 10-07-2019, 02:52 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by bcnaz - 10-16-2019, 10:01 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by Arwen - 10-07-2019, 07:28 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by ayufan - 10-08-2019, 01:34 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by enip - 10-08-2019, 02:45 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by tsago - 10-09-2019, 09:51 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by z4v4l - 10-09-2019, 11:35 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by tsago - 10-10-2019, 04:48 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by enip - 10-10-2019, 09:09 AM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by z4v4l - 10-16-2019, 11:04 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by bcnaz - 10-21-2019, 06:29 PM
RE: Uses for SPI Flash - by z4v4l - 10-21-2019, 08:07 PM

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