[coreboot] #104: flashrom: Change flash drivers to never erase data before writing

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Wed Dec 3 00:59:14 CET 2008


#104: flashrom: Change flash drivers to never erase data before writing
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   Reporter:  stuge              |          Owner:  somebody     
       Type:  defect             |         Status:  new          
   Priority:  major              |      Milestone:  flashrom v1.0
  Component:  flashrom           |        Version:               
   Keywords:  erase write        |   Dependencies:  #103         
Patchstatus:  there is no patch  |  
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Comment(by stuge):

 Maybe the original comment was overzealous, and the decision to erase
 should not be moved all the way out to the user - but I think it should at
 least be moved out of the write functions in drivers, and instead be
 handled by flashrom common code.

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Ticket URL: <http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/104#comment:5>
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