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[fw/openocd] / src / flash / nor / core.c
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 #include <target/image.h>
 
 
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Upper level of NOR flash framework.
+ * The lower level interfaces are to drivers.  These upper level ones
+ * primarily support access from Tcl scripts or from GDB.
+ */
+
 struct flash_bank *flash_banks;
 
 int flash_driver_erase(struct flash_bank *bank, int first, int last)
@@ -449,9 +456,12 @@ int flash_write_unlock(struct target *target, struct image *image,
                                break;
                        }
 
-                       /* REVISIT This needlessly touches sectors BETWEEN the
+                       /* FIXME This needlessly touches sectors BETWEEN the
                         * sections it's writing.  Without auto erase, it just
-                        * writes ones; unlikely to destroy data.
+                        * writes ones.  That WILL INVALIDATE data in cases
+                        * like Stellaris Tempest chips, corrupting internal
+                        * ECC codes; and at least FreeScale suggests issues
+                        * with that approach (in HC11 documentation).
                         *
                         * With auto erase enabled, data in those sectors will
                         * be needlessly destroyed; and some of the limited