mtd-utils/flash_erase modifications

[Ricard Wanderlof]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:

>>> Err, are you talking about flash_erase?
> I just thought that it works only with one eraseblock.

By default it erases a single block, but you can specify more than one 
block in which case it erases them all in sequence. E.g. flash_erase 
/dev/mtd1 0 2048  erases a whole 32 MB flash (assuming there are no bad 
blocks).

>> 2. modify flash_eraseall to handle partial erases, change name to
>>     flash_erase (and throw out the old flash_erase).
> I would be happier with this.

Makes sense.

/Ricard
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