ubiformat image verification
twebb
taliaferro62 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 31 19:50:16 EST 2010
>>> Can the image that is written to NAND using ubiformat be read back
>>> (using nanddump) and compared identically to the original image file?
>>> I want to somehow verify that the image was written error-free to NAND
>>> flash.
>>
>> It can. But it is simpler to add a --check option to ubiformat and teach
>> it to read stuff back and verify.
>>
>
> Yes, a --check or --verify option would be nice. Does it matter
> whether the underlying NAND flash is erased or not prior to the
> ubiformat?
>
I'm finding that it does matter whether the NAND is erased or not
first. If erased, the comparison after read back is successful. If
not erased in advance, the comparison fails. Can you confirm that
this is accurate?
Thanks,
twebb
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