Difference between revisions of "CHIP"

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(Processors: New processors.)
m (Processors: I guess S8003 could be 0x8000 like A7's variant was 0x8960 so best not list it yet.)
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* [[S8000]]: 0x8000
 
* [[S8000]]: 0x8000
* [[S8003]]: 0x8003
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* [[S8003]]: ?
   
 
[[Category:Firmware Tags]]
 
[[Category:Firmware Tags]]

Revision as of 07:51, 17 September 2015

The CHIP tag is a 16-bit unsigned integer (uint16_t) that denotes the type of chip the firmware is to be installed to. It is used to prevent [supposedly] incompatible firmwares from being installed. A firmware is truly incompatible if it uses instructions only available on newer processors.

Processors