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Am 07.11.2014 um 18:31 schrieb Scott Branden:
> On 14-11-07 12:45 AM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> Am 06.11.2014 um 22:56 schrieb Scott Branden:
>>> It looks like the erase happening in the middle of reboot was uncovered in 2009 and never addressed properly?
>>>
>>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/9/16
>>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/2/12/144
>>>
>>> Was there a proper resolution to this issue?
>>
>> Did you read the threads you've posted?
>>
>> There two answers:
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/2/12/143
> Yes, there is no hardware solution to a reset happening in the middle of an erase operation to NAND.

Well, I agree with David that anything we do in software will only hide the real problem
or trim down the window.

Thanks,
//richard