[U-Boot-Users] mpc8xx Problem writing to flash

[Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>]

Hi Raul,

> I am relatively a new U-Boot and Linux user.
> First of all I have to port U-Boot to my custom board. I am using a MPC866.
> The board starts as follows:

[...]

> The timeout out for the Flash is big enough (500 ms, although I also tried
> with 1500 ms). I reused an "flash.c" code from a reference board of U-Boot,
> which includes my same Flash chip  (Intel 28F160C3B).

If you are doing a new board port, please don't (mis-)use one of the
older custom flash drivers but use the CFI driver when applicable.

> Any idea how could I solve it?

As your flash looks CFI conformant, I would suggest you try this.

Cheers
  Detlev

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