On 09/13/2011 11:48 AM, Boaz Ben-David wrote:
> On 09/13/11 12:14, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
>> On 09/13/2011 10:59 AM, Boaz Ben-David wrote:
>>> All I am asking is: do I need to use /dev/mtdblock or /dev/mtd when
>>> loading and saving envs
>> neither nor - loadenv&  saveenv are not bad block aware. In barebox you
>> use the .bb devices, which are bad block are, under linux use nandwrite
>> + nanddump to write or read data from the nand into a file. Then use
>> loadenv/saveenv.
>>
>> cheers, Marc
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> First question, please tell me if these sequences are correct:

basically yes....but

> In Linux:
> 
> - Read:
> 
> 1.nanddump from the mtd device to a file.

read the nanddump help text, you need to skip bad blocks

> 2.bareboxenv -l the file dumped.
> 
> -Write:
> 
> 1.bareboxenv -s from source directory to a file
> 
> 2.nandwrite that file to the mtd device.

use padding

cheers, Marc

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