From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailhub.hp.com ([192.151.27.10]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.42 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1C4ppM-0001fW-UK for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:56:46 -0400 From: "Christopher Hoover" To: , "'Ben Dooks'" Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:52:53 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-reply-to: <1094564091.20769.350.camel@tubarao> Message-Id: <20040907235310.31BF32711A@mailhub.hp.com> Cc: ben@fluff.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: RE: jedec_probe problems with 16bit devices List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > It seems like the CFI_DEVICETYPE_X8 was changed to cfi->device_type at > one point and it broke some 16-bit chips. > > I think all of the CFI_DEVICETYPE_X8s were removed from jedec_probe.c > 1.30, but then some were added back in at 1.36. I'm trying > to find the > discussion as to why this happened, but what I'm finding isn't very > descriptive: > > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2003-October/00 > 8685.html > > I seem to remember IRC'ing with Christopher Hoover on this. Maybe he > can remember something? Christopher? My memory is somewhat murky. I don't have any new information to report -- only what is noted above, that some regression in the mtd tree about the time the CFI_DEVICETYPE_X8's disappeared. It was never fixed while I worked with the board. It may be fine now, but unfortunately I am unable to check easily. Can we locate someone with a suitable platform and coax them into testing the latest code? -ch