[coreboot] [PATCH] flashrom: something

Joseph Smith joe at settoplinux.org
Fri May 16 17:40:47 CEST 2008



On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:37:07 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
<c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net> wrote:
> On 16.05.2008 17:23, Joseph Smith wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:20:40 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
>> <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 16.05.2008 15:19, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> OK, I figured one part out:
>>>>> Drop erase_sector_39sf020() which is an identical copy of
>>>>> erase_sector_28sf040().
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Alright. This starts making more sense. I still say NACK, as the name
>>>> for that function is obviously very wrong then.
>>>> If the erase sector function works on several chips, even from
> different
>>>> generations, it should not carry the name of one specific chip.
>>>>
>>>> If we find a good name for it, that makes clear when supporters of new
>>>> chips can use it, I suggest lets commit your patches.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> OK, I looked at the datasheet and erase_sector_39sf020() is totally and
>>> completely wrong. It was a straight cut'n'paste from SST 28SF040 code
>>> and the person doing the cut'n'paste didn't even bother to check the
>>> data sheet. The SST 39SF020 is completely incompatible with the
> 28SF040.
>>>
>>> Can I have an Ack for dropping that code?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Are you going to just drop the code or replace it with the correct
> code??
>>
>
> No need for replacement. According to the data sheet, standard JEDEC
> commands will work and we have those commands in the tree already.
>
Oh, ok
Acked-by: Joseph Smith <joe at settoplinux.org>

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Joseph Smith
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