[U-Boot] Reg. CFI flash_init and hardware write protected devices

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Jun 23 19:55:41 CEST 2011


Dear Frank,

In message <BANLkTi=p9gdOGOETWojRqkmrxXM7Do_tBg at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > CFI flash chips with the level of write protection you implemented
> > have to be dealt with in the same way as other ROM memory. =A0Normal CFI
> > driver are not appropriate here.
> 
> Ok. So you recommend I stop "hacking" the CFI probing and instead
> write a custom flash map driver?

No.  Never write new drivers when you can use existing ones :-)

Describe the flash memory as "mtd-ram" (instead of "cfi-flash") in
the device tree and select the physmap driver in your kernel config.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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