On 8/24/07, Darmawan Salihun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/23/07, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 01:28:04PM +0700, Darmawan Salihun wrote: > > > However, it seems to be the patch will stay as different file > > > because among all of the flashchip support files, there's no > > > one of them that can provide the register unprotect routine(s). > > > > The idea is to keep code duplication to a minimum where possible, so > > if W39V are quite similar to another already-supported chip except > > for these registers it may be a good idea to just add the neccessary > > register stuff to that chip code instead. (But only called for W39V, > > of course.) > > > > Done. > > During testing I found that W39V040FA doesn't seem supporting per-sector > erase. > As other SST Firmware Hub chips. Therefore, I add the code to give erase > support > for the chip. See patch. > I had the chance to test per-sector erase once more last night and I can confirm that it's _not_ working in my testbed (DFI 865PE Infinity motherboard -- ICH5-W39V040FA). Therefore, a whole chip erase is the only option as in the latest patch I sent.
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