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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: Nand Atmel: add On Flash BBT support
From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>
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On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 17:44 +0200, simon polette wrote:
> +config	MTD_NAND_ATMEL_FLASH_BBT
> +	bool "Use On-Flash Bad Block Table"
> +	depends on MTD_NAND_ATMEL
> +	help
> +	  This enables the On-Flash BBT, which mean that the bad blocks
> +	  will be scanned one time then the BBT will be stored
> +	  in flash, so scanning Nand flash for bad blocks will be no more
> +	  necessary for the next boots.
> +

I do not think you need a config option for this. It should be
a module parameter instead.

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Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)