Re: [coreboot] question on erasing flash

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 16.05.2009 23:27, ron minnich wrote:
> I notice that flashrom erases many pages even if they are already
> erased. I've gotten curious: does erasing erased pages count as a
> 'write cycle' against that page?

AFAIK yes for some chips (maybe not all).

Part of my plan for flashrom is to read the chip before any write/erase
action. Checking if the flash is already erased is one of the possibilities.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel