From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Hawkins Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:39:00 -0700 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] minimum bdi config to read flash on 85xx In-Reply-To: <46E84EA3.3070806@smiths-aerospace.com> References: <46E079E5.5000102@ovro.caltech.edu> <50d8dde80709061841o61fa17ecmcebee9229c696190@mail.gmail.com> <46E0B0A6.8050306@ovro.caltech.edu> <46E82959.2090107@ovro.caltech.edu> <46E82C47.8050708@smiths-aerospace.com> <46E8300E.8040109@ovro.caltech.edu> <46E83245.5060604@smiths-aerospace.com> <46E8338C.1090704@ovro.caltech.edu> <46E84102.3010800@ovro.caltech.edu> <46E846E3.70502@smiths-aerospace.com> <46E8491A.3090307@ovro.caltech.edu> <46E84EA3.3070806@smiths-aerospace.com> Message-ID: <46E85C74.3080307@ovro.caltech.edu> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hi Jerry, > The address shifting happens when the hardware guys put down (2) 8-bit > flash chips to be 16 bits wide, (4) 8-bit flash chips to be 32 bits > wide, or (2) 16-bit flash chips to be 32 bits wide. Size, timing, > availability, and cost reasons usually drive this (and the first three > are weighted very low). Ah, I see. > Back when we had to subtract two '1' bits to make '0's, flashes > (actully, EEPROMs to really show my age) Apparently age and 'curmudgeonliness' go well together http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=curmudgeon ;)