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From: MikeW <mw_phil@yahoo.co.uk>
To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Unlocking with Intel J3 series flash
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:23:58 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20070731T181922-722@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20070731153547.GA24705@marvin.netwinder.org

Ralph Siemsen <ralphs <at> netwinder.org> writes:

> 
> Greetings,
> 
> When using Intel J3 flash, unlocking operations are horribly slow.
> The reason for this is that the J3 has "Flexible Block-locking" feature
> (to quote that data sheet) which "allows blocks to be individually
> locked and simultaneously unlocked".
> ...snip...
> 
> I am looking for ideas on how to deal with this.  One idea would be
> to introduce a cousin to the existing MTD_STUPID_LOCK, perhaps one
> called MTD_STUPID_UNLOCK, which would then be used to ensure that
> unlocking does not iterate over all flash blocks.
> 
> -R
> 
> ____________________________

It would be nice to keep pejorative and uninformative naming
out of the codebase - may I suggest MTD_POWERON_LOCK and MTD_CHIP_UNLOCK.

But you get the idea - STUPID tells you nothing except the lack of
patience of the originator ;)

MikeW

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-07-31 16:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-31 15:35 Unlocking with Intel J3 series flash Ralph Siemsen
2007-07-31 16:23 ` Ben Dooks
2007-07-31 17:56   ` Ralph Siemsen
2007-08-02 12:03   ` Ralph Siemsen
2007-07-31 16:23 ` MikeW [this message]
2007-07-31 21:33   ` David Woodhouse

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