* Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[email protected]> [110718 23:44]: > Am 18.07.2011 19:07 schrieb Stefan Reinauer: > > * Wagner, Helge (GE Intelligent Platforms) <[email protected]> [110527 > > 15:46]: > > > >> To be sure that the spi_block_erase_20 works for both the MX25L6405 and the > >> MX25L6445E, we could change the block erase size from 64K to 4K. This > >> should > >> work even for the MX25L6405, but with the side effect of the erase taking > >> longer than needed. > >> > >> > >> > >> Any comments? > >> > > > > works great for me! > > > > > >> Please find my patches included. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Helge Wagner <[email protected]> > >> > > Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <[email protected]> > > > > Sorry, but AFAICS this will cause chip corruption. To be exact, > specifying a too small eraseblock size (4 kB instead of 64 kB) means > that flashrom will walk the device in 4 kB blocks, erase each block and > write to it. Now if the actual erase block size is bigger than the > specified block size, you'll get this:
Yes, I agree that changing the block erase size is risky. Good thing the patch does not change it, so it should be save to apply, plus it solves the problem. Stefan _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
