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diff --git a/dediprog.c b/dediprog.c
index 454a72d..6a9b9ae 100644
--- a/dediprog.c
+++ b/dediprog.c
@@ -694,6 +694,14 @@ static int dediprog_spi_send_command(struct flashctx *flash,
if (readcnt == 0) // If we don't require a response, we are done here
return 0;
+ /* The specifications do state the possibility to set a timeout for transceive transactions.
+ * Apparently the "timeout" is a delay, and you can use long delays to accelerate writing - in case you
+ * can predict the time needed by the previous command or so (untested). In any case, using this
+ * "feature" to set sane-looking timouts for the read below will completely trash performance with
+ * SF600 and/or firmwares >= 6.0 while they seem to be benign on SF100 with firmwares <= 5.5.2. *shrug*
+ *
+ * The specification also uses only 0 in its examples, so the lesson to learn here:
+ * "Never trust the description of an interface in the documentation but use the example code and pray."
const uint8_t read_timeout = 10 + readcnt/512;
if (is_new_prot()) {
idx = 0;
@@ -703,6 +711,8 @@ static int dediprog_spi_send_command(struct flashctx *flash,
value = min(read_timeout, 0xFF); // Possibly two bytes but we play safe here
}
ret = dediprog_read(CMD_TRANSCEIVE, value, idx, readarr, readcnt);
+ */
+ ret = dediprog_read(CMD_TRANSCEIVE, 0, 0, readarr, readcnt);
if (ret != readcnt) {
msg_perr("Receive SPI failed, expected %i, got %i %s!\n", readcnt, ret, libusb_error_name(ret));
return 1;
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