Flash_rom

Li-Ta Lo ollie at lanl.gov
Mon Apr 12 12:14:01 CEST 2004


On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 11:57, YhLu wrote:
> Ollie,
> 
> I checked the flash_rom, and find that you remove the code for check if the
> sector is really erased.
> 

We had some problem about the erase/write check. It caused false alarm
which means when it complained about a sector not erased, the sector
is actually erased.

If your want to ckech the programming, use the -v verify option.

> Also I found the flash_rom can not work under 2.6.4.and 2.6.5 in x86_64
> mode, and it seems only last 4k can not be erased. [0x7f000, 0x7ffff].
> 

We tried flash_rom in 64bit kernel. But I don't know which version.
David, can you answer this ?

Ollie





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