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From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Abraham vd Merwe <abraham@2d3d.co.za>
Cc: Frederic Giasson <fgiasson@mediatrix.com>,
	MTD for Linux <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: mtd_info->write
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 14:35:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <14797.991834531@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010606152826.A9691@crystal.2d3d.co.za>


abraham@2d3d.co.za said:
> > If the data is all ones ("1"), it has been erased.   If not, it has
> > not.

> Yes, I know, but I want to know whether I have to check if that's the
> case or not. 

The chip driver is not required to check that the data are all ones. You 
are permitted to write to the same location of a chip repeatedly. If you 
write a 1 where previously there was a zero, obviously the result will be a 
zero. But that is not an error.

--
dwmw2

  reply	other threads:[~2001-06-06 13:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <F1BED55F35F4D3118C0F00E0295CFF4D995488@mail.mediatrix.com>
2001-06-06 13:28 ` mtd_info->write Abraham vd Merwe
2001-06-06 13:35   ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2001-06-06 17:50   ` mtd_info->write Nicolas Pitre
2001-06-06 13:38 mtd_info->write Frederic Giasson
2001-06-06 13:44 ` mtd_info->write David Woodhouse
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-06-06 13:34 mtd_info->write Frederic Giasson
2001-06-06 13:41 ` mtd_info->write David Woodhouse
2001-06-06 13:42   ` mtd_info->write kira brown
2001-06-06 13:49     ` mtd_info->write David Woodhouse
2001-06-06 13:32 mtd_info->write Frederic Giasson
2001-06-06 13:25 mtd_info->write Frederic Giasson
2001-06-06 13:35 ` mtd_info->write Abraham vd Merwe
2001-06-06  9:12 mtd_info->write Abraham vd Merwe

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