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From: LW@KARO-electronics.de (Lothar =?UTF-8?B?V2HDn21hbm4=?=)
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:16:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCHv2 1/1] mtd: gpmi: make blockmark swapping optional
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Hi,

Huang Shijie wrote:
> ? 2014?03?27? 20:21, Lothar Wa?mann ??:
> > I can assure you that the>100.000 i.MX28 based modules, that we sold
> > up to now boot from NAND just fine without any block mark swapping in
> > the U-Boot pages.
> >
> Our driver should follow the Reference manual, not the product.
> 
Still there is no need for the Linux NAND driver to be able to read or
write partitions in a format that the Boot ROM can understand. Thus it
is perfectly legal to allow disregarding the BB marks and solely rely on
a flash based BBT.


Lothar Wa?mann
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