linux equivalent of u-boot's "nand scrub" (erasing blocks even whenOOB says "bad")

[Jon Povey]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> ive come across a situation where it would have been invaluable to
> have the ability to "scrub" the nand flash while running linux.

I would find this useful too, or more specifically I recently wanted to rewrite the BBT in software from linux (to change OOB layout), but those blocks are marked off-limits. Some way to force it would be nice.

I am just rambling though, no real useful suggestion :) Sorry..

As for clearing blocks marked bad, how about MEMSETGOODBLOCK as the inverse of the existing MEMSETBADBLOCK?

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