mtd/html/faq jffs2.xml,1.4,1.5
Artem Bityuckiy
dedekind at infradead.org
Tue Mar 15 10:48:29 EST 2005
Update of /home/cvs/mtd/html/faq
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Modified Files:
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RCS file: /home/cvs/mtd/html/faq/jffs2.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- jffs2.xml 15 Mar 2005 15:12:27 -0000 1.4
+++ jffs2.xml 15 Mar 2005 15:48:26 -0000 1.5
@@ -83,21 +83,21 @@
erase clears these conditions.</p>
<h3>What is cleanmarker and what it is used for ?</h3>
-<p>Cleanmarker is a special JFFS2 node which is written to the beginning of block
-just after it has been erased. On NOR flashes it is a special small JFFS2 node
-at the beginning of the block. On NAND flash it is places to the spare area of
-the first block.</p>
-<p>The main reason why cleanmarkers are used to be sure that the block erase
+<p>Cleanmarker is a special JFFS2 node which is written to the beginning of a block
+just after the block has been erased. On NOR flashes it is a special small JFFS2 node
+at the beginning of the block. On NAND flashes it is placed to the spare area of
+the first page.</p>
+<p>The main reason why cleanmarkers are used is the need to be sure that the block erase
operation was correctly completed. All 0xFF bytes in the block are not
necessarily mean the block is ready to be utilized. For example, if
an unclean reboot happened just at the end of the block erase cycle, the block
-might have an unstable bits, which are read as "1" one time and might be read as
+might have unstable bits, which are read as "1" one time and might be read as
"0" next time.</p>
<p>When preparing a flash partition for JFFS2, it is recommended to put
cleanmarkers to the erased blocks. This might be done my means of "-j" option of
the "flash_eraseall" MTD utility. Otherwise, JFFS2 will
-re-erase the blocks which contain all 0xFF and have no cleanmarker and waste
-time.</p>
+re-erase the blocks which contain all 0xFF and have no cleanmarker. This is an
+unneeded wasting of time.</p>
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