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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

  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]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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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