Micron NAND support in linux MTD

llandre r&d2 at dave-tech.it
Mon Jan 21 06:21:25 EST 2008


>> if JFFS2/MTD check first page only. Datasheet says:
>>
>> "The factory identifies invalid blocks before shipping by programming 
>> data other than FFh (x8) or FFFFh (x16) into the first spare location 
>> (column address 2,048 for x8 devices, or 1,024 for x16 devices) *of 
>> the first or second page of each bad block*."
> 
> The option of programming the second page is probably a last resort in 
> case the first page is so bad that it cannot be programmed at all, which 
> I would think is most unlikely.
I think your point is reasonable. I'd like to hear someone from Samsung 
or Micron to confirm your speculation ...


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