.. _bluetooth_mesh_blob_flash:

BLOB Flash
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The BLOB Flash Readers and Writers implement BLOB reading to and writing from flash partitions
defined in the :ref:`flash map <flash_map_api>`.


BLOB Flash Reader
*****************

The BLOB Flash Reader interacts with the BLOB Transfer Client to read BLOB data directly from flash.
It must be initialized by calling :c:func:`bt_mesh_blob_flash_rd_init` before being passed to the
BLOB Transfer Client. Each BLOB Flash Reader only supports one transfer at the time.


BLOB Flash Writer
*****************

The BLOB Flash Writer interacts with the BLOB Transfer Server to write BLOB data directly to flash.
It must be initialized by calling :c:func:`bt_mesh_blob_flash_rd_init` before being passed to the
BLOB Transfer Server. Each BLOB Flash Writer only supports one transfer at the time, and requires a
block size that is a multiple of the flash page size. If a transfer is started with a block size
lower than the flash page size, the transfer will be rejected.

The BLOB Flash Writer copies chunk data into a buffer to accommodate chunks that are unaligned with
the flash write block size. The buffer data is padded with ``0xff`` if either the start or length of
the chunk is unaligned.

API Reference
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.. doxygengroup:: bt_mesh_blob_io_flash