[UPDATE] DOCBoot support for NFTL-based DOC2000
Dan Brown
dan_brown at ieee.org
Mon Apr 4 14:04:23 EDT 2005
Zeri Virgo wrote:
> The call stack goes from mtd->read into nand_base.c nand_read() then
> nand_do_read_ecc() passing NULL to oob_buf and oob_sel. The pointer
> dereference occurs on oobsel when defining ecc_calc and ecc_code... I
> (nervously) replaced these with hard values and the probing completed
> successfully. I think most of the activity lower down does null checks
> on oobsel or doesn't use these values due to the eccmode.
>
> I have no idea what the fix should be! Maybe move the definitions of
> ecc_calc and ecc_code below the check and set of oobsel to &mtd->oobinfo?
You're 100% correct. A recent modification to support variable-sized
ecc_calc and ecc_code arrays didn't take into account the possibility of
NULL oobsel. Fixed in CVS.
Let me know if DOCBoot finally works for you, please!
-Dan
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