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

Huang Shijie wrote:
> =E4=BA=8E 2014=E5=B9=B403=E6=9C=8827=E6=97=A5 20:21, Lothar Wa=C3=9Fm=
ann =E5=86=99=E9=81=93:
> > I can assure you that the>100.000 i.MX28 based modules, that we sol=
d
> > 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.
>=20
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 o=
n
a flash based BBT.


Lothar Wa=C3=9Fmann
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