Re: [Yaffs] Re: bit error rates

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Author: Peter Barada
Date:  
To: jonathan
CC: Sergei Sharonov, yaffs
Subject: Re: [Yaffs] Re: bit error rates
On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 17:21 +0000, Jon Masters wrote:
> On 2/10/06, Peter Barada <> wrote:
>
> > Any suggestions for a general solution that can be proven to properly
> > recover for a power failure at *any* point in the process?
>
> Nope :-(
>
> I don't think your solution is a general solution, but I didn't say it
> didn't work. I think the best solution is having an NMI power fail
> interrupt and using that (small) amount of time to shutdown cleanly.


That works only for designs that have an NMI power fail interrupt, and
enough power/time to drive the flash to mark it as bogus. Also its much
more complex than preventing the problem in the first place. :)

> Jon.