[U-Boot-Users] NAND "bad block" support

[Stefan Roese]

On Sunday 05 August 2007, Shai Lifshitz wrote:
> how does the U-Boot solve the "bad block" problem in the NAND flash
> memory?

Yes, U-Boot NAND driver is bad block aware (would be worthless without).

> 1) does the U-Boot have support to 'bad-block table'? If it does, then how
> do I activate it?

No, the bad-block-table is not supported right now. Would be nice extension 
though.

> 2) does the U-Boot work with JFFS2 (that handles 'bad blocks')?

Yes.

Best regards,
Stefan

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