[coreboot] [PATCH] flashrom: something

Joseph Smith joe at settoplinux.org
Fri May 16 17:23:09 CEST 2008




On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:20:40 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
<c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net> wrote:
> On 16.05.2008 15:19, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
>> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I figured one part out:
>>> Drop erase_sector_39sf020() which is an identical copy of
>>> erase_sector_28sf040().
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Alright. This starts making more sense. I still say NACK, as the name
>> for that function is obviously very wrong then.
>> If the erase sector function works on several chips, even from different
>> generations, it should not carry the name of one specific chip.
>>
>> If we find a good name for it, that makes clear when supporters of new
>> chips can use it, I suggest lets commit your patches.
>>
> 
> OK, I looked at the datasheet and erase_sector_39sf020() is totally and
> completely wrong. It was a straight cut'n'paste from SST 28SF040 code
> and the person doing the cut'n'paste didn't even bother to check the
> data sheet. The SST 39SF020 is completely incompatible with the 28SF040.
> 
> Can I have an Ack for dropping that code?
> 
> 
Are you going to just drop the code or replace it with the correct code??

-- 
Thanks,
Joseph Smith
Set-Top-Linux
www.settoplinux.org





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