From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 18I9ug-0004pi-00 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:52:14 +0000 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <43CB1396676FD4119F03001083FD299401A1C6CB@neptune.kirkland.local> References: <43CB1396676FD4119F03001083FD299401A1C6CB@neptune.kirkland.local> To: Paul Nash Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=27J=F6rn_Engel=27?= , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Restart problems after writing to mtdblock? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 16:22:39 +0000 Message-ID: <12908.1038673359@passion.cambridge.redhat.com> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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