linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: AT49BV6416 has swapped erase regions

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Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:02:25 +0200
From:	"Leon Woestenberg" <leon.woestenberg@...il.com>
To:	"Haavard Skinnemoen" <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: AT49BV6416 has swapped erase regions

Haavard,

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Haavard Skinnemoen
<haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com> wrote:
> The CFI information read from AT49BV6416 lists the erase regions in the
> wrong order, causing problems when trying to erase or update the first
> or last 64K block.
>
Are there other Atmel designs with this bug or only the chip with this CFI ID?

I ask, because the check in u-boot is too generic; I found u-boot
wrongly assumes wrong order for another Atmel part, not checking on a
specific CFI ID.

(Need to lookup the part numbers later at home).

Regards,
-- 
Leon
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