简析nvram的数据结构及流程

应用层代码：source\lib\libnvram\nvram_env.c

mtd层代码：source\linux-2.6.36.x\arch\mips\ralink\nvram.c

数据结构

typedef struct block_s {
	char *name;
	env_t env;			//env block
	cache_t	cache[MAX_CACHE_ENTRY];	//env cache entry by entry
	unsigned long flash_offset;
	unsigned long flash_max_len;	//ENV_BLK_SIZE

	char valid;
	char dirty;
} block_t;

typedef struct cache_environment_s {
	char *name;
	char *value;
} cache_t;

typedef struct environment_s {
	unsigned long crc;		//CRC32 over data bytes
	char *data;
} env_t;

流程

应用 -----------------------------------------内核 -----------------------flash

ralink_init.c-----nvram_env.c----------------nvram.c--------------------flash

内核函数：

ioctl

int ralink_nvram_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int req,
		unsigned long arg)
{

	switch (req) {
	case RALINK_NVRAM_IO