[U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5 v1] integrator: make flash writeable on boot

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Mon Sep 19 09:51:10 CEST 2011


On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:

> I think this is a misunderstanding of terms.  When we try to
> identify the flash type and geomentry in the CFI driver, we do send
> certain commands to the flash, and read the returned data.  This
> "sending commands" includes write cycles to the flash address space,
> so it is necessary that the memory controller setup allows write
> cycles on the bus.

Yes that is exactly what happens. The integrator has some gate to
disallow any write cycles to CFI unless it's unlocked through the EBI.

Yours,
Linus Walleij


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