[PATCH] tools: mxsboot: pre-fill buffer with 0xff, not 0

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Mon Dec 4 09:48:39 CET 2023


On 12/4/23 09:42, Alessandro Rubini wrote:
>> But what about the bad block markers , do they get erased when you write
>> this U-Boot image into the NAND ?
> 
> The image includes OOB data, because the rom-mandated map is different
> from normal standards. If OOB is zeroed, blocks appear as bad (correctly!).
> 
> By memsetting to 0xff, before filling data structures and checksums, we
> get a binary that written with "nand write.raw" works properly (the rom
> is happy with the format and boots) but doesn't mark blocks as bad.

Clearly my recollection of the MXS is not what it once was.

Reviewed-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>

Thanks !


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