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From: "Andy Hawkins" <a.hawkins@cabletime.com>
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Subject: RE: squashfs and NAND flash
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Hi,

> Should mtd handle bad blocks when using squashfs?

I suspect you will have to write a simple 'translation layer' that
automatically skips bad blocks. This is something we had to do in our
device.

Basically, if (for example) block 4 is bad, then any request for block 4
should actually return block 5. Also, any request for block 5 should return
block 6 etc. etc. etc.

Hope this helps.

Andy