[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Add support for Atmel flash

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Apr 14 21:50:50 CEST 2008


In message <1208093818.23686.11.camel at voyager.dsnet> you wrote:
> 
> Le samedi 12 avril 2008 =E0 21:03 +0200, Ulf Samuelsson a =E9crit :
> > Add ID codes for most recent Atmel NOR flashes
> 
> Is there any added value on using the atmel flash driver instead of the
> standard CFI driver ? It surely doesn't have any on the SAM9/CAP9
> boards, but I'm not sure of the older AT91RM9200.

I don't think there is.

For the existing boards, the already exisitng values should be
sufficient, and for new boards we should use the CFI driver.

I intend to NAK new boards with CFI conformant flashes that don't use
the CFI driver unless thay have very good reasons.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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