Then how does *anybody* attempt to fix common code? Nobody can test all platforms.
No, but you started off by saying you specifically are focusing on dataflash, and then you need to test on the primary target for the dataflash which is the AT91 series.
Then I apologies and ask for forgiveness. I want to see some of the crazy side cases removed from the generic routines (and replaced with generic hooks where appropriate).
Why? Have you done any cost benefit analysis to the rest of the community? What will the world gain by such a change?
I should have couched it more in those terms when I first brought it up.
From my point of view, dataflash is the main case, and
everything else is a side case. I do not see any benefit in changing the MMI for dataflash. I rather see changes which will make dataflash more similar in use to std parallell flash. In my u-boot I can compare dataflash to SDRAM etc.
Plus, looking deeper there are similar issues with MMC and flash writing which can probably be cleaned up at the same time (as discussed in a previous email)
Cheers, g.
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