Re: Binary Nandwrite/read to Flash

[Manuel Sahm <Manuel.Sahm@feig.de>]

Ricard Wanderlof schrieb:
>
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Manuel Sahm wrote:
>
>> Thank you very much....
>>
>> Is it possible to write/read to the NAND flash "directly" without an 
>> partition ?(/dev/mtdX) ?
>
> No, but you can set up a /dev/mtdX device to span the whole device, 
> even if you then have additional /dev/mtdX devices which refer to 
> partitions.
>
> /Ricard
> -- 
> Ricard Wolf Wanderlöf                           ricardw(at)axis.com
> Axis Communications AB, Lund, Sweden            www.axis.com
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>
Thank you,

it´s very dangerous, because if I use the wrong address I´ll kill my 
system :-)

Is ther a possibility to make the /dev/mtdX read only (write protected) ?

Thank you


Best regards 

Manuel Sahm