AMD Flash flaming

AMD Flash flaming

[David Byron]

I just subscribed to the list a few days ago and caught some discussion on
annoying characteristics of some AMD flash devices.  Turns out we're in the
middle of selecting a flash device for a new platform and one of the choices
being considered is the AMD Am29LV033C.  Sorry if this is covered elsewhere,
but is this one of the annoying/busted chips?

Thanks for your help.

-DB
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Re: AMD Flash flaming

[David Woodhouse]

dbyron@coactive.com said:
> I just subscribed to the list a few days ago and caught some
> discussion on annoying characteristics of some AMD flash devices.
> Turns out we're in the middle of selecting a flash device for a new
> platform and one of the choices being considered is the AMD
> Am29LV033C.  Sorry if this is covered elsewhere, but is this one of
> the annoying/busted chips? 

They're not busted, just annoying. I happen to think the designers were on
crack, but the chips are still usable, even though their CFI tables are
crap. Even if we have to hard-code a table of chip ID vs. erase block
layout, they're usable - unless they've really gone mad and shipped chips
with the _same_ JEDEC ID but different layouts.

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