Sun Microsystems CP2500 Application Programming Interface, User Flash Device Files, 2System Calls

TABLE 3-1User Flash Node Properties (Continued) (Continued)

Property	Description/Value
bank-size	00080000
model	SUNW,370-xxxx
version	version number
name	flashprom
compatible	isa-flashprom
reg	00000002 00000000 00100000

User Flash Device Files

The user flash device file is /dev/uflash0.

Interface (Header) File

The user flash header file is located in the following path:

/usr/platform/SUNW,Netra-CP2500/include/sys/uflash_if.h

Application Programming Interface

Access to the user flash device from the Solaris OS is through an application or user C program. No command-line tool is available. User programs open this device file and then issue read, write, or ioctl commands to use the user flash device.

The system calls are listed below in TABLE 3-2.

TABLE 3-2System Calls

Call	Description
read(), pread()	Reads device
pwrite()	Writes device
ioctl()	Erases device, queries device parameters

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