From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:57:00 +0100
Subject: [Buildroot] Strange MTD problem (ARM)
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>>>>> "Joachim" == Joachim Pihl <jpihl@nevion.com> writes:

Hi,

 >> I take it that this is with busybox cp and not coreutils? You might have
 >> better luck asking on the busybox list.

 Joachim> This is with busybox, yes. Will repost to the busybox list and see
 Joachim> what comes up.

Ok.

 >> Why not simply use cat instead?

 Joachim> Actually, I have never thought of that, but will that start from the
 Joachim> beginning of the MTD block?

Yes it will.

 Joachim> We have used "cp mtdblock2 /dev/mtdblock2" for 7 years in the
 Joachim> product, this is the first time I have seen it fail.

OK. FYI, busybox nowadays also has the flashcp applet from mtd-utils
which does the right thing.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard