Re: Question relates 2K page size flash chip

[peter meng <mengsanshui@yahoo.com.cn>]

Hi,Ricard 

Thanks a lot.
Because linux deem all block is bad block  when scan flash .
I debug it that found need u-boot add OOB information into flash .


Best Regards.
Peter Meng




--- On Mon, 1/5/09, Ricard Wanderlof <ricard.wanderlof@axis.com> wrote:

> From: Ricard Wanderlof <ricard.wanderlof@axis.com>
> Subject: Re: Question relates 2K page size flash chip
> To: "peter meng" <mengsanshui@yahoo.com.cn>
> Cc: "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
> Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 3:52 PM
> On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, peter meng wrote:
> 
> > I met a problem that use K9F1G08 flash with 2K page
> size on Linux .
> > I tried jffs2 and yaffs2 file system but occurs same
> error info as following
> > 
> > NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0xec, Chip ID: 0xa1
> (Samsung NAND 128MiB 1,8V 8-bit)
> > ...
> > Seems this problem is caused since 2K page size with
> flash ,so how to resolve this problem ? Whether need do
> related work within u-boot because I suppose u-boot given
> wrong data format to flash that Linux mtd does not know it ?
> 
> Why do you think it is related to the 2k page size? This
> type of flash has been supported by mtd for a very long time
> now.
> 
> /Ricard
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