Common Flash Memory Interface (CFI)
CFI Specification
The Common Flash Interface (CFI) specification outlines
device and host system software interrogation handshake which allows
specific vendor-specified software algorithms to be used for entire
families of devices. This allows device-independent, JEDEC ID-independent,
and forward- and backward-compatible software support for the specified
flash device families. It allows flash vendors to standardize their
existing interfaces for long-term compatibility.
The CFI specification defines the basic Query interface
for CFI-compliant devices. This allows parameterization of known and
future flash Read/Write/Erase control interfaces. This Query structure
attempts to define all the critical parameters relevant to a broad base
of flash memory devices. The CFI specification will not specify detail
command sets, status polling methods, and software algorithms of individual
flash vendors. A 16-bit ID code is assigned to specific manufacturers'
interfaces, and it is up to that manufacturer to provide these detailed
specifications.
CFI Publication 100
The CFI Publication 100 is a companion document to the
Common Flash Interface (CFI) specification, which outlines device and
host system software interrogation handshake. CFI Publication 100 documents
ID Code assignments for: 1) the Vendor-specific Command Set and Control
Interfaces and 2) the Device Interfaces. It is published as needed when
additions are made to either of these lists of codes.
The Vendor Command Set and Control Interface ID codes
listed in CFI Publication 100 are assigned to each unique manufacturers'
interfaces upon request to the CFI Program Office. Any number of different
interfaces may be thus identified by a single vendor or association
of vendors. It is up to those manufacturers to provide the detailed
specifications for each identified interface. Similarly, new device
interface codes will be assigned as needed as new devices employing
the Common Flash Interface Query scheme are identified. CFI Publication
also provides examples of Query data output for pre-CFI devices as provided
by participating vendors; these represent the appropriate data for the
specifications and geometry of these devices as they would appear in
the Query structure if the Query mode were available for them.
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