From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay-2m.club-internet.fr ([194.158.104.41]) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 177A7V-0006wR-00 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 08:19:45 +0100 Received: from netbricks.com (lns05v-11-103.w.club-internet.fr [212.194.94.103]) by relay-2m.club-internet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 129791710 for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 09:19:43 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <3CDF6922.9A0A870F@netbricks.com> Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:20:02 +0200 From: "franck.fleter" Reply-To: franck.fleter@netbricks.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Boot from NAND flash ??? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, I read in mails archive that Linux kernel can't boot from NAND flash. It can boot from NOR flash. Does Linux kernel not able to boot from NAND flash because : 1) a NAND flash is connected to an I/O controller and not to a BUS. 2) access to a NAND flash would be only handled by JFFS with the handling of bad blocks. 3) it doesn't exist bootloader for NAND flash. 4) other reasons. If someone could help me to understand why Linux can't boot from NAND flash, I would appreciate. Thanks, Franck FLETER Software Engineer NETBRICK - France. email : franck.fleter@netbricks.com