[PATCH] mtd: call mtd_erase with complete area if possible

[Renaud Barbier]

On 27/05/2013 09:38, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> If a device does not have bad blocks loop over the eraseblocks
> in the driver instead of the core. This allows the mtd_dataflash
> driver to erase blocks instead of pages to gain more speed during
> erasing. Also the mtd_dataflash driver modifies the erase_info
> struct which causes the outer loop in the core to never end.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
> ---
>
> Renaud, you recently sent a patch to fix erase on non uniform
> flashes. This patch should fix this (by accident) aswell (or maybe
> it causes other problems ;). Could you please test this one?
>
> Thanks
>   Sascha


It does work.
If I define /dev/env0 to be 64KB i.e two sectors, then data in both 
sector has been erased.

barebox> / unprotect /dev/env0
barebox> / erase /dev/env0
mtd_op_erase = 65536
cfi_erase: erase 0x00000000 (size 65536)
intel_flash_erase_one:sect = 0
intel_flash_erase_one:sect = 1