Subject: Re: Flash on ep8248e standard motherboards

From: [email-masked] (Erik Christiansen)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:46:21 +1000

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