> __________________________________WARNING____________________________ > ___ Erroneously writing to a system EEPROM (like DIMM SPD modules) can > brake your system. It will NOT boot any more so you'll not be able to > fix it. It's "break", not "brake" (also in some way I agree it does too ;)). And "any more" is "anymore". > Reading from 8bit EEPROMs (like that in your DIMM) without using the > -8 switch can also UNEXPECTEDLY write to them, so be sure to use the > -8 command param when required. Wouldn't it be safer to default to 8-bit and have a switch to use 16-bit addressing? From what you said, "reading from an 8bit eeprom using 16bit addressing can actually *write* to the eeprom", but what would reading a 16-bit eeprom using 8-bit addressing do? If it isn't dangerous, I believe you should default to 8-bit addressing. BTW, isn't it possible to detect the addressing mode? -- Jean Delvare http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/
