1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2<html> 3 4<head> 5<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> 6<META name="GENERATOR" content="IBM WebSphere Studio Homepage Builder Version 7.0.0.0 for Windows"> 7<META http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> 8<title>CARD_WriteFlashAsync</title> 9<LINK rel="stylesheet" href="../../css/nitro.css" type="text/css"> 10</head> 11 12<body> 13 14<h1 align="left">CARD_WriteFlashAsync <img src="../../image/NTR.gif"align="middle"><img src="../../image/TWL.gif" align="middle"></H1> 15<H2>Syntax</H2> 16 17<dl> 18 <dd> 19<CODE>#include <nitro/card.h></CODE><BR> 20 <BR> 21 <CODE>static inline void CARD_WriteFlashAsync( 22 u32 dst, const void *src, u32 len, MIDmaCallback callback, void *arg);</CODE><br> 23 <br> 24 </dd> 25</dl> 26<h2>Arguments</h2> 27<TABLE border="1" width="100%"> 28 <TBODY> 29 <TR> 30 <TD width="13%"><EM><STRONG>dst</STRONG></EM></TD> 31 <TD width="87%">The FLASH address of the transfer destination.</TD> 32 </TR> 33 <TR> 34 <TD width="13%"><EM><STRONG>src</STRONG></EM></TD> 35 <TD width="87%">Transfer source memory address.</TD> 36 </TR> 37 <TR> 38 <TD width="13%"><EM><STRONG>len</STRONG></EM></TD> 39 <TD width="87%">Byte length of data to be written.</TD> 40 </TR> 41 <TR> 42 <TD width="13%"><EM><STRONG>callback</STRONG></EM></TD> 43 <TD width="87%">Completion callback function.<BR> 44 Specify <CODE>NULL</CODE> if this is unnecessary.<br>This callback is called from within the interrupt handler.</TD> 45 </TR> 46 <TR> 47 <TD width="13%"><EM><STRONG>arg</STRONG></EM></TD> 48 <TD width="87%">Arguments to pass to the completion callback function.<BR> 49 This is simply ignored if <CODE>NULL</CODE> was specified for <CODE>callback</CODE>.</TD> 50 </TR> 51 </TBODY> 52</TABLE> 53 54<h2>Return Values</h2> 55<p>None.</p> 56 57<H2>Description</H2> 58<P>Writes data asynchronously to a flash device. This function immediately returns control. Use the <A href="../backup/CARD_WaitBackupAsync.html"><CODE>CARD_WaitBackupAsync</CODE></A> function to wait for processing to end. To determine the processing result, call the <A href="../common/CARD_GetResultCode.html"><CODE>CARD_GetResultCode</CODE></A> function after processing has ended.<BR> 59</P> 60 61<h2>Note</h2> 62<ul> 63<li>To use this function, you must first lock the access bus with the <A href="../backup/CARD_LockBackup.html"><CODE>CARD_LockBackup</CODE></A> function.</li> 64<li>This function communicates with the ARM7 processor internally via PXI. The process will not end if PXI interrupts are not enabled.</li> 65<li>The function uses an internal thread to execute an asynchronous process. See the description of the <A href="../common/CARD_GetThreadPriority.html"><CODE>CARD_GetThreadPriority</CODE></A> function for more information on this thread.</li> 66<li style="color:Red">Because some high-capacity flash devices do not support "Write" operations, <a href="../card_result_const.html">CARD_RESULT_UNSUPPORTED</a> is returned and execution fails even if this function is called. See the <a href="../overview/about_Backup.html"><B>Backup Access Overview</B></a> for more details, and then use substitute functions, such as <a href="CARD_WriteFlashSector.html"><CODE>CARD_WriteFlashSector</CODE></a>, when necessary.</li> 67</ul> 68 69<h2>See Also</h2> 70<p><CODE><A href="CARD_IsBackupFlash.html">CARD_IsBackupFlash</A>, <A href="../backup/CARD_WaitBackupAsync.html">CARD_WaitBackupAsync</A>, <A href="../common/CARD_GetResultCode.html">CARD_GetResultCode</A>, <A href="CARD_ReadFlash.html">CARD_ReadFlash</A>, <A href="CARD_WriteFlash.html">CARD_WriteFlash</A>, <A href="CARD_VerifyFlash.html">CARD_VerifyFlash</A>, <A href="CARD_WriteAndVerifyFlash.html">CARD_WriteAndVerifyFlash</A>, <A href="../common/CARD_GetThreadPriority.html">CARD_GetThreadPriority</A></CODE></p> 71 72<H2>Revision History</H2> 73<P> 742007/11/13 Added a note regarding the fact that some high-capacity flash devices cannot use this function.<br /> 2005/06/01 Added a statement indicating that callback is called from interrupt handler. <br> 2004/12/09 Changed "IO processor" to "ARM7 processor". <br> 2004/11/02 Revised links.<br> 2004/08/23 Initial version. 75</P> 76<hr><p>CONFIDENTIAL</p></body> 77</html> 78