* Is there a minimal size requirement for oobfree area?
@ 2007-04-05 17:10 Kevin Zhang
2007-04-06 20:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
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From: Kevin Zhang @ 2007-04-05 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mtd
Hi,
I am trying to understand if there is a size requirement for the
oobfree area. For the 512-byte nand flash, does the oobfree area have
to be at least 8 bytes?
Thanks a lot,
Kevin
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* Re: Is there a minimal size requirement for oobfree area?
2007-04-05 17:10 Is there a minimal size requirement for oobfree area? Kevin Zhang
@ 2007-04-06 20:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
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From: Thomas Gleixner @ 2007-04-06 20:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kevin Zhang; +Cc: linux-mtd
On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 12:10 -0500, Kevin Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to understand if there is a size requirement for the
> oobfree area. For the 512-byte nand flash, does the oobfree area have
> to be at least 8 bytes?
No, there is no real requirement. The oob area is not mandatory for
JFFS2. If you want to use YAFFS, it is AFAIK.
tglx
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