/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * make a proper sized command based on the port and chip widths
  */
-static void flash_make_cmd (flash_info_t * info, uchar cmd, void *cmdbuf)
+static void flash_make_cmd (flash_info_t * info, ulong cmd, void *cmdbuf)
 {
        int i;
+       int cword_offset;
+       int cp_offset;
+       uchar val;
        uchar *cp = (uchar *) cmdbuf;
 
+       for (i = info->portwidth; i > 0; i--){
+               cword_offset = (info->portwidth-i)%info->chipwidth;
 #if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN) || defined(CFG_WRITE_SWAPPED_DATA)
-       for (i = info->portwidth; i > 0; i--)
+               cp_offset = info->portwidth - i;
+               val = *((uchar*)&cmd + cword_offset);
 #else
-       for (i = 1; i <= info->portwidth; i++)
+               cp_offset = i - 1;
+               val = *((uchar*)&cmd + sizeof(ulong) - cword_offset - 1);
 #endif
-               *cp++ = (i & (info->chipwidth - 1)) ? '\0' : cmd;
+               cp[cp_offset] = (cword_offset >= sizeof(ulong)) ? 0x00 : val;
+       }
 }
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
  * Write a proper sized command to the correct address
  */
 static void flash_write_cmd (flash_info_t * info, flash_sect_t sect,
-                            uint offset, uchar cmd)
+                            uint offset, ulong cmd)
 {
 
        void *addr;
                        /* reduce the number of loops by the width of
                         * the port */
                        cnt = len >> shift;
-                       flash_write_cmd (info, sector, 0, (uchar) cnt - 1);
+                       flash_write_cmd (info, sector, 0, cnt - 1);
                        while (cnt-- > 0) {
                                switch (info->portwidth) {
                                case FLASH_CFI_8BIT:
 #endif
                flash_write_cmd(info, sector, offset, AMD_CMD_WRITE_TO_BUFFER);
                cnt = len >> shift;
-               flash_write_cmd(info, sector, offset, (uchar)cnt - 1);
+               flash_write_cmd(info, sector, offset, cnt - 1);
 
                switch (info->portwidth) {
                case FLASH_CFI_8BIT: