EPIA + non-standard flash chip

Hendricks David W. dwh at lanl.gov
Wed Dec 24 16:52:01 CET 2003


You might want to try Linux MTD (Look in the kernel or 
http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ ) if you're using flash_n_burn.

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Surjan Singh wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Wondering if anyone can help me with this one:
> 
> I have a basic EPIA board
> (http://www.viavpsd.com/product/epia_mini_itx_spec.jsp?motherboardId=21)
> , the one with the 533MHz CPU.
>  
> Anyway, I managed to find myself a PLCC Flash chip which seems like it
> will work (http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/23247.pdf), but when I run
> the flash program it complains that it does not recognise the chip. So,
> I added an entry for the chip in "flash.h" hoping I could use the
> regular routines for the EPIA, but it says it cannot unlock the chip.
>  
> Can someone help me with this one pls? Could someone supply a diff,
> using the above datasheet, that would enable me to use the chip? Even
> some tips on what I'd need to do if I had to write the code would be
> appreciated.
>  
> Thanks,
> Surj
> 
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