On 16.05.2009 23:27, ron minnich wrote: > I notice that flashrom erases many pages even if they are already > erased. I've gotten curious: does erasing erased pages count as a > 'write cycle' against that page? >
AFAIK yes for some chips (maybe not all). Part of my plan for flashrom is to read the chip before any write/erase action. Checking if the flash is already erased is one of the possibilities. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
