From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237] helo=passion.cambridge.redhat.com) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 16MQh7-0003DQ-00 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2002 09:31:21 +0000 From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <02010409585400.10979@jocke.lumentis.se> References: <02010409585400.10979@jocke.lumentis.se> <0111121314140A.28381@jocke.lumentis.se> To: Joakim Tjernlund Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: CLEANMARKER question Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 09:42:01 +0000 Message-ID: <1002.1010137321@redhat.com> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Joakim.Tjernlund@lumentis.se said: > I have problems to understand the CLEANMARKER concept. Can a flash > erase sector which has a CLEANMARKER in the beginning contain any > data or can one assume that the rest of the erase sector is erased? Yes, it can contain data. The CLEANMARKER is there just to show that the erase completed successfully. It's not erased before the block is actually filled with data. What are your plans for improving the mount speed? -- dwmw2