[Fwd: cfi_cmdset_0001.c: do_write_buffer bug]

[Joakim Tjernlund]

Hi John

Have made any progress on this? I too have 2 Strata Flash in 16-bit mode to form a 32-bit
interface. I have yet to encounter this problem though.

  Jocke
> 
> On Sun 16/06/2002, Andrey Filippov <andrey at elphel.com> wrote:
> 
> > Working with Intel TE28F640J3A and Axis ETRAX100LX processor I ran
> > over a bug in cfi_cmdset_0001.c: do_write_buffer. It checks ready
> > state 20 times but does not resend Write-to-Buffer command (E8) before
> > new checks. So if it was not ready first time it will never be ready
> > later.
> 
> I was going to report exactly the same problem this morning. We have an
> additional problem however. We currently have two Intel Strata Flash
> parts in 16 bit mode to form a single 32 bit interface to a StrongARM
> SA1110. We have found that sometimes, one chip returns ready, but the
> second does not. You are then in a Catch-22 since you're supposed to
> re-issue the write command to the one that's not ready but cannot to the
> one that is ready.
> 
> Has anyone else come across this problem?
> 
> Regards,
> John Hall
> 
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