[LinuxBIOS] Use Linux MTD framework for SPI flash?

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Wed Aug 1 16:49:49 CEST 2007


On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 04:17:20PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> >> * Nvidia CK804
> >> * AMD 76X
> >> * Intel ICHx
> > 
> > The code in mtd is completely useless.
> 
> Not really.

Yes, really.


> At least for ck804, it also enables flashing. Just look for
> pci_read_config_byte in ck804xrom.c and notice the similarities
> with chipset_enable.c from flashrom.

..because they both only do parallel flash.

There's nothing in the MTD code that supports SPI flash on the above
hardware.

It's completely different from parallel flash.


//Peter




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