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> Breaking things down a little more, in the mtd stack there are 3 kinds of drivers.
> map drivers that describe how to talk to a given flash chip.
> probe drivers that identify what kind of chip you have.
> chip drivers that know how to speak a command set and let you flash your chip.


I really don't understand the difference between the map and the chip
driver? 

talk to a given flash !
speak a command set!

ain't they the same?

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Munira Ahmed