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* newbie
@ 2001-11-27  9:37 Tolga KILICLI
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From: Tolga KILICLI @ 2001-11-27  9:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-mtd

Hi,

What do you advice to someone who decided to work on mtds. 
Actually I got my strataflash yesterday and i want to play. but 
what else do i need? some burner? software tools?


thanks.

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* newbie
@ 2002-09-18  3:44 Venkat Raghu
  2002-09-18  4:04 ` newbie Charles Manning
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From: Venkat Raghu @ 2002-09-18  3:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-mtd

Hi,

Any pointers to documents describing the basics
of mtd drivers. I would like know how it works, what
are the operations. Whats the reason behind erase 
operation etc.

regards
Venkat.

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* Re: newbie
  2002-09-18  3:44 newbie Venkat Raghu
@ 2002-09-18  4:04 ` Charles Manning
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From: Charles Manning @ 2002-09-18  4:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Venkat Raghu, linux-mtd

It sounds to me like you need to first understand what flash memory is. I 
don't know if there is a faq that describes this.

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:44, Venkat Raghu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Any pointers to documents describing the basics
> of mtd drivers. I would like know how it works, what
> are the operations. Whats the reason behind erase
> operation etc.

To answer that one question. Flash memory cannot just be reprogrammed, in 
many/most instances you first need to erase the section of flash before you 
can reprogram it. All the limitations are far too complex to answer in an 
email like this though.

-- Charles

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