From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.206]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1DbMnS-0007Y2-3X for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 26 May 2005 14:09:31 -0400 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 34so525012nzf for ; Thu, 26 May 2005 11:09:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6934efce05052611026685ab6f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 11:02:49 -0700 From: Jared Hulbert To: "JobHunts02@aol.com" In-Reply-To: <197.3f3af727.2fbed9f0@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <197.3f3af727.2fbed9f0@aol.com> Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Flash with boot blocks in kernel 2.4 Reply-To: Jared Hulbert List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 5/19/05, JobHunts02@aol.com wrote: > I am working with kernel 2.4 on a board with two flash chips that have bo= ot > blocks, Intel Advanced Boot Block Flash Memory (28F320C3). I just read t= hat > "the 2.4 CFI code handles only devices with uniform eraseblock size -- no= t the > devices with 'boot blocks'. Current CVS fixes that for AMD chips, and it'= s > trivial to do the same for Intel chips, now it's been done once," accordi= ng to the > MTD project leader. >=20 > Does anyone know where on the web I can find these "trivial" changes for > Intel chips? >=20 > Thank you. >=20 > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/ >=20 Newer MTD rev's fix this. Back porting a new MTD should help you. FYI - I don't think JFFS2 can span boot blocks and regular block, though now that I think of it I've never tried. Anybody know if that's true or not?