Re: [Yaffs] Re: power fail testing

On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 12:06 +1200, Charles Manning wrote:
> The WP directly controls the internal high voltage charge pump that drives
> the programming. If WP goes low, the hv will droop and the programming will
> not complete reliably.
>
> In most circuits I am familar with, the WP is strapped to Vcc which would
> allow in-progress writes to complete.

There is another problematic scenario: Removable media e.g. SmartMedia.

You have no control over users :)

tglx