Unlocking with Intel J3 series flash

[MikeW]

Ralph Siemsen <ralphs <at> netwinder.org> writes:

> 
> Greetings,
> 
> When using Intel J3 flash, unlocking operations are horribly slow.
> The reason for this is that the J3 has "Flexible Block-locking" feature
> (to quote that data sheet) which "allows blocks to be individually
> locked and simultaneously unlocked".
> ...snip...
> 
> I am looking for ideas on how to deal with this.  One idea would be
> to introduce a cousin to the existing MTD_STUPID_LOCK, perhaps one
> called MTD_STUPID_UNLOCK, which would then be used to ensure that
> unlocking does not iterate over all flash blocks.
> 
> -R
> 
> ____________________________

It would be nice to keep pejorative and uninformative naming
out of the codebase - may I suggest MTD_POWERON_LOCK and MTD_CHIP_UNLOCK.

But you get the idea - STUPID tells you nothing except the lack of
patience of the originator ;)

MikeW