From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Roese Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 10:22:46 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE breaks writing with M29W640 parts In-Reply-To: <201106061826.06514.vapier@gentoo.org> References: <201106061826.06514.vapier@gentoo.org> Message-ID: <201106071022.47716.sr@denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hi Mike, On Tuesday 07 June 2011 00:26:05 Mike Frysinger wrote: > i started playing with the CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE option, and it > seems to work fine with an intel strataflash. but when i tried using it > with an ST M29W640 part, no writes are ever committed to the flash. > > are there any known gotchas with this code before i start poking further ? Not that I am aware of. I am using it on all my Intel/Numonyx and AMD/Spansion NOR flash equipped boards without any issues. I don't remember using it on a ST device though. Not sure what's going wrong there, sorry. Best regards, Stefan -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-0 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: office at denx.de