From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Paul Nash <paulnash@wildseed.com>
Cc: "'Jörn Engel'" <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Restart problems after writing to mtdblock?
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:22:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <12908.1038673359@passion.cambridge.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43CB1396676FD4119F03001083FD299401A1C6CB@neptune.kirkland.local>
paulnash@wildseed.com said:
> Power fail is not a concern -- this only occurs in the case of a
> software reboot of the chip without power loss. An external reset is
> not an issue. Flash chips don't store state as to their last read mode
> across power failure anyway.
I wouldn't swear to that. You could feasibly have a power outage long
enough to reset most of the board, but the flash chips don't draw much
power and could perhaps retain their state.
Unlikely perhaps, but I wouldn't declare it impossible.
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-30 15:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-30 14:46 Restart problems after writing to mtdblock? Paul Nash
2002-11-30 16:22 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
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2002-12-02 9:34 Paul Nash
2002-11-28 2:33 Paul Nash
2002-11-28 7:39 ` Jörn Engel
2002-11-28 0:57 Paul Nash
2002-11-28 9:44 ` David Woodhouse
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