[RFC] refactoring MTD cmdset ops, jedec_probe, and cfi_probe

Eric W. Biederman ebiederman at lnxi.com
Tue Jul 13 11:40:48 EDT 2004


Thayne Harbaugh <tharbaugh at lnxi.com> writes:
> > Thayne this problem I am not familiar with.  Could I have some details?
> 
> Errrr . . . the problem of the unlock address or of the harry, ugly
> code?
> 
> The unlock story is that there was *no* unlock code in cfi_cmdset_0002.
> One of the newer SST chips requires unlocking of the blocks.  Unlike
> other chips that need unlocking, the addresses for unlocking this
> particular chip is not at the block address but below the address of the
> entire chip.

Ah. yes.  Sorry the way you phrased it I was thinking of the unlock_addr address
prefix that needs to be applied to commands.  The magic Firmware hub addresses
that are used for locking/unlocking block I am familiar with.  

Eric

 




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