From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.233] helo=mgw-mx06.nokia.com) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Jilva-0005rK-S4 for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:38:07 +0000 Subject: Re: Question about ubimkvol vs. mkfs.ubifs From: Artem Bityutskiy To: Bruce_Leonard@selinc.com In-Reply-To: <1207553242.8040.48.camel@sauron> References: <1207553242.8040.48.camel@sauron> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:37:06 +0300 Message-Id: <1207553826.8040.58.camel@sauron> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Reply-To: dedekind@infradead.org List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 10:27 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote: > Hi, >=20 > On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 16:53 -0700, Bruce_Leonard@selinc.com wrote: > > This is probably a basic question but I'll admit to being lost. I'm=20 > > relatively new to kernel coding and up till now I've been focused on th= e=20 > > very low level stuff, i.e., making hardware work and LEDs go=20 > > blinkey-blinkey. Currently I'm working on a NAND flash driver that I n= eed=20 > > to tie into UBI/UBIFS. I've got the driver working, I can=20 > > read/write/erase my flash parts, so the low level stuff that I understa= nd=20 > > is good.=20 >=20 > Is it a secret what is your flash and what is its size? If it is NAND > I'd recommend you to test it with Adrian's NAND tests: > git://infradead.org/~ahunter/nand-tests.git Just a note - be careful with torture test - it may harm. Although we were unable to wear-out SLC OneNAND after even > 2 000 000 erases. --=20 Best regards, Artem Bityutskiy (=D0=91=D0=B8=D1=82=D1=8E=D1=86=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 =D0=90= =D1=80=D1=82=D1=91=D0=BC)