block2mtd and ubi

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 10:09 +0100, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:12:42AM +0200, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 01:01 +0100, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 06:58:56PM +0100, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> > > It's a pity that the same 'ubinize' cannot do that job automatically, and give
> > > an image filling all the memory blocks. That would easy down a lot the job for
> > > block2mtd.
> > 
> > Use ubiformat - it should get it right:
> > 
> > http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/ubi.html#L_flash_img
> 
> I know, but I cannot do that on a block2mtd, if the block2mtd device I use is
> the rootfs of the system. All I have is a kernel, qemu, and a rootfs in a
> 'ubinize' ubi image.

Why you can dd buy cannot ubiformat? What is the fundamental difference?

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Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)