OK. Thanks so much. If there is anyone else out there please feel free to add to these comments.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Jon Povey <[email protected]>wrote: > Michael Hallak-Stamler wrote: > > Hi Jon, > > I won't mention this every time, but; like I said before, inline quoting > is strongly prefered on this list (and most Linux/OSS lists). > Look it up if you don't know what it is. > > > I came on board well after the hardware was closed and > > employed in the field. Unfortunately, the base NAND device is > > hardware locked and can not be written to in the field, > > period. On the other hand reads are relatively rare, for > > booting and UBOOT usage mainly. But you are right about the > > the read problem. We are simply not able to write to it. > > Unlucky :( > > Bear in mind the read disturb issue if/when you start getting weird > failures > in the field. They will be fixable by rewrite of the NANDs. > > > So as I understand I am on my own regarding this issue. I'm > > just in absolute wonder how it is that I am the only one in > > this very large world who has this issue? Am I the first?? > > Hard to believe. > > Quite possibly. Not all that many people want to do such a big update > to firmware already in the field - they either do incremental bugfixes > or there is such high churn that they're already end-of-lifing it and > selling the next thing. > That's my impression, anyway. > > > Anyway, I will continue to work on it and hope to provide a > > patch to others who may want it. > > It may be as simple as copying (and refactoring) the OOB layout structs, > and associated tweaks; platform data and such. > Figuring out how that stuff fits together is the time-consuming bit though > if it's your first time grubbing around in the guts of MTD. > > Have fun! > > -- > Jon Povey > [email protected] > > Racelogic is a limited company registered in England. Registered number > 2743719 . > Registered Office Unit 10, Swan Business Centre, Osier Way, Buckingham, > Bucks, MK18 1TB . > > The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is intended > by Racelogic Ltd for the use of the named individual or entity to which it > is directed and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. > If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please > delete it from your system without copying or forwarding it, and notify the > sender of the error by reply email so that the sender's address records can > be corrected. The views expressed by the sender of this communication do not > necessarily represent those of Racelogic Ltd. Please note that Racelogic > reserves the right to monitor e-mail communications passing through its > network > > >
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