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Does anybody knows good IDE that will allow me to develop flash application on Linux?
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Linux flash filesystemsJFFS was the first flash-specific file system for Linux, but it was quickly superseded by JFFS2, originally developed for NOR flash. Then YAFFS was released in 2002, dealing specifically with NAND flash, and JFFS2 was updated to support NAND flash too. UBIFS has been merged since Linux 2.6.
A Memory Technology Device (MTD) is a type of device file in Linux for interacting with flash memory. The MTD subsystem was created to provide an abstraction layer between the hardware-specific device drivers and higher-level applications.
This filesystem is mounted directly over mtdblock and contains enough information about the flash device to know where to write the new information in a way that more evenly distributes the wear between different blocks, to avoid wearing out a specific one. The filesystem also has to deal with bad blocks by itself.
Flash uses NAND-type memory, while EEPROM uses NOR type. Flash is block-wise erasable, while EEPROM is byte-wise erasable. Flash is constantly rewritten, while other EEPROMs are seldom rewritten. Flash is used when large amounts are needed, while EEPROM is used when only small amounts are needed.
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I use Flex Builder for Linux to build applications using Flex. However it can be a bit fiddly to set up currently due to it requiring newer the latest version of the AIR SDK (see the release notes on how to upgrade). Also the MXML editor broken with Eclipse 3.4, so you'll want to stick with 3.3 until they release a patch, or patch 3.4 yourself according to this (untried by me).
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In addition to Flex Builder, you can use FDT by PowerFlasher, awesome product.
Website: http://fdt.powerflasher.com
I don't mean to sound a bit mean, but Noldorin's answer is no good at all and misleading, in fact it is fact-less. Flash development restricted to Windows? REALLY?!?!
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