From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay2.siemens.pt (relay-pt1.siemens.pt [194.145.62.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2BBA67B9E for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 01:39:16 +1000 (EST) Received: from fw-mta1.siemens.pt (fw-mta1.siemens.pt [141.29.156.201]) by relay2.siemens.pt (8.12.8/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k72FPTEH010874 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:25:29 +0100 Received: from PTLISI052MSX.PT001.SIEMENS.NET (ptlisi052n01.pt001.siemens.net [141.29.156.67]) by fw-mta1.siemens.pt (Hvm) with ESMTP id k72FXqB03258 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:33:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C6B649.0E769DDB" Subject: Sloooooowwww CFI Flash programming Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:33:51 +0100 Message-ID: <4051B1A83682514BA8529BCADDA45F086EE61D@PTLISI050MSX.PT001.SIEMENS.NET> From: "Franca, Jose Filipe \(ext\)" To: List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6B649.0E769DDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all! I'm using a linux-2.4.31 based kernel in our board and we are using a = AM29LV040B flash device. Our problem is that flash programming is a = rather slow process. The responsible is the file cfi_cmdset_0002.c. Is = there any patch that fixes this problem and enables fast programming = mode? Thanks for reading (and many more if you reply), Filipe Fran=E7a. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C6B649.0E769DDB Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sloooooowwww CFI Flash programming

Hello = all!

        I'm using a linux-2.4.31 based kernel in our = board and we are using a AM29LV040B flash device. Our problem is that = flash programming is a rather slow process. The responsible is the file = cfi_cmdset_0002.c. Is there any patch that fixes this problem and = enables fast programming mode?



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------_=_NextPart_001_01C6B649.0E769DDB-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.207.133]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8F9C267B94 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 02:41:29 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <20060802164127.73497.qmail@web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:41:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Frank Subject: Re: Sloooooowwww CFI Flash programming To: "Franca, Jose Filipe \(ext\)" , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org In-Reply-To: <4051B1A83682514BA8529BCADDA45F086EE61D@PTLISI050MSX.PT001.SIEMENS.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --- "Franca, Jose Filipe (ext)" wrote: > Hello all! > > I'm using a linux-2.4.31 based kernel in our board and we are > using a AM29LV040B flash device. Our problem is that flash > programming is a rather slow process. The responsible is the > file cfi_cmdset_0002.c. Is there any patch that fixes this > problem and enables fast programming mode? > > You probably need buffer writes enabled. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay1.siemens.pt (relay-pt1.siemens.pt [194.145.62.201]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB55267BB0 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 02:45:54 +1000 (EST) Received: from fw-mta1.siemens.pt (fw-mta-pt1.siemens.pt [141.29.156.201]) by relay1.siemens.pt (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k72GjcDd021399 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:45:38 +0100 Received: from PTLISI052MSX.PT001.SIEMENS.NET (ptlisi052n01.pt001.siemens.net [141.29.156.67]) by fw-mta1.siemens.pt (Hvm) with ESMTP id k72GjnB29959 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:45:49 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: RE: Sloooooowwww CFI Flash programming Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:45:48 +0100 Message-ID: <4051B1A83682514BA8529BCADDA45F086EE65A@PTLISI050MSX.PT001.SIEMENS.NET> From: "Franca, Jose Filipe \(ext\)" To: List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , That is implemented in the 2.6 kernels. Are you sugesting a merge with 2.6 code? Or there is a patch that implements that in 2.4 kernels? -----Original Message----- From: Frank [mailto:frannk_m1@yahoo.com]=20 Sent: quarta-feira, 2 de Agosto de 2006 17:41 To: Franca, Jose Filipe (ext); linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Sloooooowwww CFI Flash programming --- "Franca, Jose Filipe (ext)" wrote: > Hello all! >=20 > I'm using a linux-2.4.31 based kernel in our board and we are > using a AM29LV040B flash device. Our problem is that flash > programming is a rather slow process. The responsible is the > file cfi_cmdset_0002.c. Is there any patch that fixes this > problem and enables fast programming mode? >=20 > You probably need buffer writes enabled. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around=20 http://mail.yahoo.com=20 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.207.133]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D5E9267BFD for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 08:12:39 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <20060802221238.21817.qmail@web32202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:12:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Frank Subject: RE: Sloooooowwww CFI Flash programming To: "Franca, Jose Filipe \(ext\)" , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org In-Reply-To: <4051B1A83682514BA8529BCADDA45F086EE65A@PTLISI050MSX.PT001.SIEMENS.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --- "Franca, Jose Filipe (ext)" wrote: > That is implemented in the 2.6 kernels. Are you sugesting a > merge with > 2.6 code? Or there is a patch that implements that in 2.4 > kernels? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank [mailto:frannk_m1@yahoo.com] > Sent: quarta-feira, 2 de Agosto de 2006 17:41 > To: Franca, Jose Filipe (ext); linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > Subject: Re: Sloooooowwww CFI Flash programming Look around, I've used buffered writes on a 2.4.25 kernel... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com