[U-Boot] Flash not Erased

[Jan Schunke]

Hello,

it turns out that setting

#define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI_WIDTH FLASH_CFI_16BIT

solves my problem because it skips x8 detection.

I took me some time because I have not found it anywhere in the README.

Thanks for your help.

Jan

On 20.06.2013 08:00, Stefan Roese wrote:
> Hi Jan,
> 
> On 19.06.2013 17:35, Jan Schunke wrote:
>> I am trying to compile my own U-Boot for microblaze.
>> Version:
>> U-Boot 2013.01-dirty (Jun 19 2013 - 16:26:51)
>> microblazeel-xilinx-linux-gnu-gcc (crosstool-NG 1.15.3) 4.6.4 20120924
>> (prerelease)
>> GNU ld (crosstool-NG 1.15.3) 2.22.90.20121010
>>
>> I have demo where Flash access works fine.
>> Verion:
>> U-Boot 2012.10 (Feb 13 2013 - 20:16:43)
>> microblazeel-xilinx-linux-gnu-gcc (crosstool-NG 1.15.3) 4.6.2 20111018
>> (prerelease)
>> GNU ld (crosstool-NG 1.15.3) 2.21.53.20110813
>>
>>
>> When I use my own u-boot and try to write to flash I always get
>>
>> "Flash not erased"
>>
>> it seems to be a problem that my flash is x16 but recognized as x8.
>>
>> Are there any Config variables to set the mode to x16?
> 
> This is a known problem. Those chips connected in x8 mode are known to
> currently not work correctly with the common CFI NOR flash driver. Could
> you please try the following patch:
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/249707/
> 
> And let us know if this fixes the problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> Stefan
> 
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