From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail1.daniel.com ([12.19.96.6] helo=mail1.danielind.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 16RMuN-00005G-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:29:27 +0000 Message-ID: <3C46FBDE.AF159573@daniel.com> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:29:18 -0600 From: Vipin Malik MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dennis noermann CC: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: experience with max block erase 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: I would take their word for it as there is no way you can infer anything from one (or even a couple of) tests. I take it to mean that they "gurantee" that each sector can _at least_ handle 100K erases without any chip failures or erase failures. That's just my take. AMD claims (gurantees?) 1million erase cycles/sector! Vipin dennis noermann wrote: > Hi > i am intrested in testing some Intel Flash > how much erase cycles it realy can do > > does someone has done this before ? > > i have some intel strata flash 28F640J3A > > "Each block can be independently erased 100,000 times" > > is this like the "food expiry date" ore "best before date" ? > (sorry i dont know the right englisch word , but i think you undertstand it :) ) > > ore have i to write some eraseprogramm and wait a long time :) > > dennis > > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/