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Hi, Scott

Scott Wood wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 07:01:43AM +0200, Felix Radensky wrote:
>   
>> Thanks for confirmation. So the real problem is eLBC ?
>> What happens if I access other devices on eLBC (e.g. FPGA)
>> simultaneously with NAND or NOR ?
>>     
>
> AFAICT, the problem is NAND being accessed simultaneously with anything else
> on the eLBC (at least GPCM -- not sure about UPM).  Instead of delaying the
> memory-like transaction until the NAND special operation has completed, it
> seems to just abort the NAND operation.
>
> eLBC can't really tell the difference whether you've got NOR or FPGA hooked
> up to a GPCM chip select, so the problem should still apply.
>   

Are you aware of Freescale plans to fix the problem in new silicon 
revisions ?
Also, can you please tell what CPUs are affected by this, except 8536 
and 8572.

Thanks a lot.

Felix.