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Subject: Re: mtd-util, flash_erase: MEMGETOOBSEL on davinci based board fail
From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:08:55 +0300
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On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 09:58 +0200, Heiko Schocher wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I tried to use mtd-util:flash_erase on a davinci am1808 based board,
> and get the following error:
> 
> flash_erase -j /dev/mtd5 0 0
> flash_erase: error!: /dev/mtd5: unable to get NAND oobinfo
>               error 22 (Invalid argument)

What is your kernel version?

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy