Re: UBI bad block Management

[Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>]

Hi,

On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 14:58 +0530, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> Hi,
>    The flash devices are getting of bigger in Size.The Init Scan time
> will increase with bigger Size flash.How long are we going to rely on
> MTD for Bad block Management.Even MTD doesn't maintain List but calls
> the hardware, if hardware supports it.
> This can be done in two ways,
> 1:) Straight right the bitmap,and if changed erase it.We can do it in
> One reserved block.
>            If allowed bad blocks are 20%,it will be erased 20% times
> of total PEB count.
> 2:)Keep a Queue in Scan of Bad blocks.Ec header contains one field
> called last bad block.Which is PEb no.So if block is found bad,next
> block to be written first will have Bad block no in EC.So it is
> maintained across reboots.
> 3:)Keep a Log in reserved Block.When it is getting full,create bitmap
> and write it on the block.This will reduce the erasing of that block.
> 
> So we can maintain Bad block Map in UBI if it is necessary.

I really tried to realize what you mean, but failed, sorry. I do not
understand at all what are you about. May you re-phrase?

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Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)