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From: Aras Vaichas <arasv@magellan-technology.com>
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Subject: Re: mtd permission denied
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Mike Lee wrote:
> Hi all
>   i tried to flash_erase and other flash_* tools to my mtd device, the
> return value is permission denied, but i am already root login. I have
> selected MTD_CHAR and MTD_BLOCK in kernel.  Do i miss somethings?
> 
>     My kernel version is 2.6.10, with cvs mtd patched.
> 
> Mike,Lee

This is spookey, I just got the exact same problem at the same time(!)

I'm trying to write data to my Dataflash device, but I get a "permission 
denied" error whenever I try to fopen the file "/dev/mtd/2" to write the data 
into it. I can read data from it with no problems.

I have tried "mtd_debug write" and "flashcp" and they return permission denied 
as well. Am I missing something?

I am using 2.4.27-vrs1 with cvs mtd patched.

/root # mtd_debug info /dev/mtd/2
mtd.type = MTD_NORFLASH
mtd.flags = MTD_ERASEABLE
mtd.size = 786432 (768K)
mtd.erasesize = 1056 (1K)
mtd.oobblock = 0
mtd.oobsize = 0
mtd.ecctype = MTD_ECC_NONE
regions = 0

regards,

Aras Vaichas