[U-Boot] Q: nand usage

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Mar 18 17:35:41 CET 2011


Dear Ran Shalit,

In message <AANLkTimCUE1ZbFB3eupKYcO_9=Ls4hKbqW=U4v8XfBXU at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> When using the nand, with regards to its implementation in U-boot or linux,
> does a good strategy would be to map Nand to areas with *space* between the
> end of one area to the start on another ? It seems a good ideas becuase of
> the bad block issue and the skipping of bad blocks. I did not find
> information about the Nand usage.

Your question makes no sense.  NAND is not a memory device that could
be mapped to some address range - insted,itis a strage device that can
be accessed only through some controller interface, similar to the ATA
controller on a harddisk.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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