From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wall.comdev.cc ([63.150.62.162] helo=cleanup.comdev.cc) by pentafluge.infradead.org with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 16L4mU-00076S-00 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15:55:18 +0000 Message-ID: <3C308BD3.C098FA49@comdev.cc> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:01:23 -0800 From: adam.wozniak@comdev.cc MIME-Version: 1.0 To: acurtis@onz.com CC: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: patch for 64 bit wide flash References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Allen Curtis wrote: > When we did our 64 bit patch we did not use 64 bit variables. Everything > thing was accomplished with the existing functions but making sure that the > commands issues affected all banks. The only exception to this was > do_writewords() (I think that was it). In that case the value to be written > was passed as a u32 value instead of a pointer. In that case we added > another parameter "u32 datum2" which was only used with 64 bit mode. Not > sure if this is useful but it reduced the overall impact on the code. I'm a big fan of orthagonality. =) --Adam -- Adam Wozniak (KG6GZR) COM DEV Wireless - Digital and Software Systems awozniak@comdev.cc 3450 Broad St. 107, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 http://www.comdev.cc Voice: (805) 544-1089 Fax: (805) 544-2055