RedBoot: fis delete won't erase

David Vrabel dvrabel@arcom.com
Tue Jan 13 10:57:00 GMT 2004


Hi,

fis delete no longer needs to erase the flash as fis free now uses the 
FIS directory to determine free space.  Erasing the flash twice (once 
for fis delete and then again for fis create) is also unnecessary.

2003-12-15  David Vrabel  <dvrabel@arcom.com>

	* src/flash.c (fis_delete): Don't erase the flash.

David Vrabel
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David Vrabel, Design Engineer

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