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

[Frank Svendsbøe]

Hi Mike,

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 04:35:17 Frank Svendsbøe wrote:
>> Now, in board code our redefined flash_init will be called. But if
>> write protection is off, we call the original function,
>> eg. __flash_init.
>
> if your code is simply setting the pin high at init time and then never
> bringing it back down, then just do that in your board_early_init_f func.
> -mike
>

No this is not possible, and I'm sorry for not explaining it better.

The pin is not controlled by me. It is implicitly set/cleared via the memory
controller, but it doesn't matter because we have external logic
forcing it high.

Having the possibility to control this pin in software wouldn't make it
"hardware write protection" would it?

The protection state is kept by an external AVR and in order to enable write
access both a jumper and a write protection flag must be set.

Best regards,
Frank