Flash on ep8248e standard motherboards
Erik Christiansen
erik at dd.nec.com.au
Fri Sep 14 10:46:21 EST 2007
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 10:10:06AM -0400, Ben Warren wrote:
> >
> MIRRORX16 is the correct type for Spansion GL series NOR flash. AMD spun
> off their flash business a while ago and renamed it Spansion. If you
> look on the datasheet you'll see that Spansion calls the GL technology
> 'MirrorBit', and in all likelihood the device has a 16-bit data bus. The
> AMD algorithm may work but the MIRRORX16 definitely will.
Yes, the "Flash Organisation" section of the ep8248e manual shows two
16-bit devices. (That's what seemed erroneous in the BDI2000 config file
supplied with the card. ;-)
Many thanks for putting me on the right track w.r.t. CHIPTYPE. It'll
save me trying all the wrong guesses first.
Regards,
Erik
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