[Fwd: cfi_cmdset_0001.c: do_write_buffer bug]

[John Hall]

On 20 June 2002 13:25 David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org> wrote:

> John.Hall at optionexist.co.uk said:
> >  Not yet. We've spoken to Intel and they acknowledge there might be
> >  a problem, but we're waiting for them to get back to us.

> OK, I suspect what we want to do is something like...
> 
>  Send WriteToBuffer command.
>  Poll for a little while for chips to become ready.
>  If neither chip is ready, repeat.
>  If only one chip is ready, abort the WriteToBuffer. Send a
>  zero-length (or one-byte) buffer and then something other than a
>  WriteConfirm command, to abort the write. Clear the resulting
>  'Invalid Command/ Sequence' error bits which will get set, and start
>  again.

Possibly. We're going to wait and see what Intel say, and then submit a
patch if needed.

Regards,
John Hall