OMAPL-138: Power up for flashing

Hi All, 

We are working on a design with the OMAPL-138 and had a question regarding power up. In our application we are using the OMAPL-138 along with a flash chip for boot. Now, in order to program the flash chip for production we need to power the chip externally. Our question is,

1. would it be harmful to the OMAP if we were to hold it in reset while only providing the 3v3 on the power bus ( for programming the flash chip externally) ?

Thanks,

Arya B.