[U-Boot-Users] still having issues with timer exception

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <DA5CB450F843D611823E0002A5D4DB3C01FFD0AD at renexch1.rennes.thmulti.com> you wrote:
>
> mtpit(61a80) is called... Oh and btw, I took the walnut board as a model to
> port u-boot on my board and there's something I don't understand quite well
> in the flash.c file:
> function flash_erase. Why are interrupts disabled? And how can the

Why  not?  This  makes  sure  that  we  don;t  get  disturbed   while
perfoirming operations on the flash chips.

> wait_for_DQ7 function called by flash_erase could possibly work with
> disabled interrupts (how could the timeout be reached?)?

We don't need interrupts. Check how the timer service is implemented.
It does not use nor need any interrupts.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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