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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: sflash: CFI does not contain boot bank location. Assuming top.
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 02:35:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040711003526.B6113C109F@atlas.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:09:53 EDT." <Pine.LNX.4.60.0407102006050.4345@localhost.localdomain>

In message <Pine.LNX.4.60.0407102006050.4345@localhost.localdomain> you wrote:
> 
> actually AMD, but the kernel config lists AMD/Fujitsu as a single 
> option.  is the patch then still relevant?

Not really, as it adds code for the Fujitsu vendor ID.  For  AMD  the
code is already present.

> and another issue is that an older, hacked kernel -- 2.4.22-pre8 that 
> we got from embedded planet -- does work with the board, but in 

Expect that it contains pretty old MTD code...

> upgrading to the latest 2.4.25 DENX ppc kernel, i have no way of 
> knowing if there are any funny, subtle or obscure kernel fixes that we 
> got with it that i'm not aware of.

You can always check the CVS logs - either by hand ("cvs log" if  you
feel  like  it)  or with some tools that give better formatting (like
"cvsps").


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  reply	other threads:[~2004-07-11  0:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-07-10 22:56 sflash: CFI does not contain boot bank location. Assuming top Wolfgang Denk
2004-07-11  0:09 ` Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-11  0:35   ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-07-10 17:15 Robert P. J. Day

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