On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:58:56AM +0100, Hubert Feurstein wrote: > 2011/11/22 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 02:31:31PM +0100, Hubert Feurstein wrote: > >> Signed-off-by: Hubert Feurstein <h.feurstein@xxxxxxxxx> > >> --- > >> drivers/eeprom/at25.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ > >> 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > Do we need this? We normally only have erase functions for devices that > > need it, namely flashes. > > > In my case I use the eeprom (or fram) to store the environment. So > with this I can erase the env-partition simply by calling 'erase > /dev/env0'. > So it's more like a convenience function. Or is there a other > possibility to easily erase a partition completely? The memset-command > is not really suitable because I have to pass the size as an argument. How about cp /dev/zero /dev/env0? Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
