- if (ioctl (fd, MEMERASE, &erase) != 0) {
- fprintf (stderr, "MTD erase error on %s: %s\n",
- DEVNAME (dev),
- strerror (errno));
- return -1;
- }
+ /* Dataflash does not need an explicit erase cycle */
+ if (mtd_type != MTD_DATAFLASH)
+ if (ioctl (fd, MEMERASE, &erase) != 0) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "MTD erase error on %s: %s\n",
+ DEVNAME (dev),
+ strerror (errno));
+ return -1;
+ }