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Subject: Re: NAND Configuration 
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ahennessy@mvista.com said:
>  From looking at nand_erase(), it appears that the attempted erase of
> a bad block would result in not performing the erase and exiting with
> -EIO, correct?

> What is the preferred method to erase nand? 

As I understand it, the preferred method to erase factory-marked bad blocks
is not at all.

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dwmw2