[U-Boot-Users] Loading from NAND using 'nboot' Periodically Fails Where 'nand read' Succeeds

Scott Wood scottwood at freescale.com
Mon Jun 2 20:21:08 CEST 2008


On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 08:22:21AM +0200, Stefan Roese wrote:
> Hi Grant,
> 
> On Monday 02 June 2008, Grant Erickson wrote:
> > Before I jump in with the BDI and start debugging, has anyone else using
> > 'nboot' and FIT images noticed that 'nboot' periodically fails where 'nand
> > read.i' of the SAME region of NAND succeeds?
> 
> Not sure here, since I never used nboot before. But "nand read.i" skips bad 
> blocks and perhaps "nboot" not? I suggest that you check if this is the case 
> and if you have bad blocks in this NAND area.

It is indeed the case -- you need to use "nboot.i".

-Scott




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