From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cosmos.digitel.com.br (cosmos.digitel.com.br [200.198.105.42]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3009DDDE4 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:57:27 +1100 (EST) From: Ricardo Scop To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Problem replacing a Samsung K9F1208U0M NAND flash chip with ST NAND512W3A Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:20:11 -0200 References: <964605.98294.qm@web53605.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <964605.98294.qm@web53605.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: <200711061920.11491.scop@digitel.com.br> Cc: Santanu Sen List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi Santanu, On Sunday 04 November 2007 12:34, Santanu Sen wrote: > Facing some trouble replacing a SAMSUNG K9F1208U0M > with an ST NAND512W3A. I know it is criminal, but we > are still using the 2.4 kernel. The excuse is, it is > impossible to port all our code/drivers to 2.6 within > the project deadline. I know the feeling... > > > Here is the story. We could successfully install JFFS2 > on a Samsung K9F1208U0M NAND chip mounted on a board > running linux-2.4.20 on a ppc852 processor. Hmmm, I would go for the newest 2.4.x kernel release from kernel.org. JFFS2 support there is reportedly more stable, AFAIK. Anyway, these are just my 2 cents. HTH, -- Ricardo Scop. \|/ ___ -*- (@ @)/|\ / V \| R SCOP Consult. /( )\ Linux-based communications --^^---^^+------------------------------ rscop@matrix.com.br +55 51 999-36-777 Porto Alegre, RS - BRazil