[U-Boot-Users] Memory Testing (Flash,EEPROM)

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Oct 27 16:27:45 CEST 2004


In message <3D9FDCA910DD4445896A0BE5ECF009D40176845A at bla.satyam.com> you wrote:
> 
> and Device Integrity Test. For SDRAM each and every thing is OK, but for
> EEPROM and Flash Memory No such test Cases are their using which the user
> can check the correctness of these Devices at the command prompt. It would
> be highly appreciated if any one will describe the process of Flash memory
> and EEPROM Testing by modifying the U-Boot Code.

It is up to you to define your requirements that such tests must meet.

It makes no real sense to perform a write testing  on  flash  memory,
for  example,  as  you must erase the flash to write it, and erase it
again to write it again, and the fact that you can write it now is no
guarantee that it is still erasable the next time.

U-Boot offers to check the integrity of the stiored data using  CRC32
checksums; this is even integral part of the U-Boot images.

If you need more or other features: feel free to add those.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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