Re: Flash and critical sections

Bryan Armstrong <bryan.armstrong-6tN4nzCoH/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.microcontrollers.tini
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Shawn Silverman wrote:
> I have some native methods that work with flash.  Is it a good idea to
> disable interrupts as well as enter a critical section for code that
> writes and erases flash?
> 
> My code currently enters a critical section when erasing.  How will
> interrupts affect this "in general"?

Most flash memories do not like memory accesses while operating on write 
or erase commands.  If you are not accessing the flash you are erasing, 
you should be OK.

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