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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/22 take 3] UBI: Unsorted Block Images
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On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 00:55 +0200, Jörn Engel wrote:
> > although, since you can flip bits to 1 without requireing an erase you 
> [ vice versa.  you can flip bits to 0 without erasing. ]

And on NAND flash you can't just do it in multiple cycles one bit at a
time. The 'tally' trick isn't viable there.

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dwmw2