DaVinci NAND writing utility release, was: RE: [RFC] Change ECC algorithm from userspace

Jon Povey
2011-11-01T04:19:01Z

Adding davinci linux open source ML to CC as folk there might find this
utility useful.

Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Jon Povey
> <Jon.Povey@racelogic.co.uk> wrote:
>> linux-mtd-bounces@lists.infradead.org wrote:
>> DM355 and DM365 has similar issues as the RBL expects a different
>> OOB/ECC layout to Linux.
>>
>> What I have done is write a utility that calculates ECC and writes to
>> the mtd device in RAW mode. So to rewrite the bootloader I take care
>> of the ECC and layout at application level without changing the
>> kernel.

> Is your utility publicly available? It would be great if I can use it
> as an starting point.

Management have given the thumbs-up, this is now released under GPL v2
at https://github.com/jonpovey/flashtool

Supports DM355 and DM365 RBL layouts, ECC generation, UBI image writing,
and various bad block / range handling.

Enjoy!

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Jon Povey
jon.povey@racelogic.co.uk

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