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diff --git a/Documentation/flash_tutorial/index.md b/Documentation/flash_tutorial/index.md index eb74ad07c1..43382979d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/flash_tutorial/index.md +++ b/Documentation/flash_tutorial/index.md @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ possible methods: **WARNING:** Using the wrong method or accidentally using the wrong pinout might permanently damage your hardware! +**WARNING:** Do not rely on dots *painted* on flash ICs to orient the pins! +Any dots painted on flash ICs may only indicate if they've been tested. Dots +that appear in datasheets to indicate pin 1 correspond to some kind of physical +marker, such as a drilled hole, or one side being more flat than the other. + ## Using a layout file On platforms where the flash IC is shared with other components you might want to write only a part of the flash IC. On Intel for example there are IFD, ME and |