question about flash_erase

[Dan Williams]

On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 06:05 +0000, Chris Ball wrote:
> >> On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:23:54, elife <elife2008 at gmail.com> said:
> 
>    > I got "File open error" when "flash_erase -j /dev/mtd0".
> 
> Have you tried `flash_eraseall -j /dev/mtd0`?  That's the correct syntax.

I must admit, having _both_ a "flash_erase" and a "flash_eraseall" is
confusing.  Why can't the two be merged and have a --all option on
flash_erase or something?  woodhouse?

Dan