From 50b94628aec9b94e2aa6d326c48c896c718d7e46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dbrownell <dbrownell@b42882b7-edfa-0310-969c-e2dbd0fdcd60>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:39:06 +0000
Subject: Make it easier to erase or protect through to the end of a (NOR)
flash chip: allow passing "last" as an alias for the number of the last
sector.
Improve several aspects of error checking while we're at it.
From: Johnny Halfmoon <jhalfmoon@milksnot.com>
git-svn-id: svn://svn.berlios.de/openocd/trunk@2746 b42882b7-edfa-0310-969c-e2dbd0fdcd60
---
doc/openocd.texi | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
(limited to 'doc')
diff --git a/doc/openocd.texi b/doc/openocd.texi
index 32501ca6..893d738c 100644
--- a/doc/openocd.texi
+++ b/doc/openocd.texi
@@ -3187,8 +3187,11 @@ and AT91SAM7 on-chip flash.
@anchor{flash erase_sector}
@deffn Command {flash erase_sector} num first last
-Erase sectors in bank @var{num}, starting at sector @var{first} up to and including
-@var{last}. Sector numbering starts at 0.
+Erase sectors in bank @var{num}, starting at sector @var{first}
+up to and including @var{last}.
+Sector numbering starts at 0.
+Providing a @var{last} sector of @option{last}
+specifies "to the end of the flash bank".
The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
@end deffn
@@ -3247,7 +3250,7 @@ and display that status.
The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
This is the only operation that
updates the erase state information displayed by @option{flash info}. That means you have
-to issue an @command{flash erase_check} command after erasing or programming the device
+to issue a @command{flash erase_check} command after erasing or programming the device
to get updated information.
(Code execution may have invalidated any state records kept by OpenOCD.)
@end deffn
@@ -3259,9 +3262,12 @@ The information includes per-sector protect status.
@end deffn
@anchor{flash protect}
-@deffn Command {flash protect} num first last (on|off)
-Enable (@var{on}) or disable (@var{off}) protection of flash sectors
-@var{first} to @var{last} of flash bank @var{num}.
+@deffn Command {flash protect} num first last (@option{on}|@option{off})
+Enable (@option{on}) or disable (@option{off}) protection of flash sectors
+in flash bank @var{num}, starting at sector @var{first}
+and continuing up to and including @var{last}.
+Providing a @var{last} sector of @option{last}
+specifies "to the end of the flash bank".
The @var{num} parameter is a value shown by @command{flash banks}.
@end deffn
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