From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-fx0-f49.google.com ([209.85.161.49]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1PKSls-000661-Da for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:33:13 +0000 Received: by fxm6 with SMTP id 6so1487864fxm.36 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:33:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: block2mtd and ubi From: Artem Bityutskiy To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Llu=EDs?= Batlle i Rossell In-Reply-To: <20101122090940.GK9645@vicerveza.homeunix.net> References: <20101120175856.GD9645@vicerveza.homeunix.net> <20101121000145.GF9645@vicerveza.homeunix.net> <1290413562.2289.14.camel@localhost> <20101122090940.GK9645@vicerveza.homeunix.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:32:45 +0200 Message-ID: <1290418365.2289.25.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Reply-To: dedekind1@gmail.com List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 10:09 +0100, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:12:42AM +0200, Artem Bityutskiy wrote: > > On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 01:01 +0100, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 06:58:56PM +0100, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote: > > > It's a pity that the same 'ubinize' cannot do that job automatically, and give > > > an image filling all the memory blocks. That would easy down a lot the job for > > > block2mtd. > > > > Use ubiformat - it should get it right: > > > > http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/ubi.html#L_flash_img > > I know, but I cannot do that on a block2mtd, if the block2mtd device I use is > the rootfs of the system. All I have is a kernel, qemu, and a rootfs in a > 'ubinize' ubi image. Why you can dd buy cannot ubiformat? What is the fundamental difference? -- Best Regards, Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)