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Am Freitag, 20. Dezember 2013, 10:08:04 schrieb Iwo Mergler:
> > Let's start simple. Is your MTD driver sane?
> > UBI/UBIFS issues are often related to subtle NOR/NAND driver bugs.
> 
> Good point, thanks. The evidence suggests that it may not be.
> 
> So maybe I should extend the question - does anyone recall
> seeing arbitrary data offsets during NAND page writes?

If the driver is broken millions of things can get wrong.
Did you run MTD and UBI tests?

These tests often uncover issues within a MTD driver.

BTW: Is this a mainline driver?
Not that mainline drivers are better by definition, but still. ;-)

Thanks,
//richard