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On 08/18/2011 11:25 AM, Scott Wood wrote:
> The NOP restrictions should be documented in the code itself, not just
> in the git changelog.  Maybe print it to the console when this hack is
> used, along with the NOP value read from the ID.  If it's less than 4
> for 4K or 8 for 8K, also print a message saying not to use jffs2 (does
> yaffs2 do similar things?).  If it's less than 2 for 4K or 4 for 8K, the
> probe should fail.

We should also warn the user about the need to prepare the NAND chip by
copying the bad block markers to the OOB of the new layout.

-Scott