On Saturday 08 November 2008 02:57:41 fs p wrote: > hi: > > use the nandsim emul 2k page flash , nanddump the device content, > found that : page a is filled with data ,but next page b is empty , > and page c is filled with data , page d is empty , .page e is filled > with data ,etc > I mean is if use inband tag , there is some page empty betweent two page > which filled with data , or some problem else ? No. A "normal" layout puts the tags in some out of band area (eg. the spare/OOB area in NAND pages). Inband tags use a part of the data area to store the tags. So, if the page holds, say, 1024 bytes then that will store the tags + (1024 - sizeof(Tags)) bytes of data. -- Charles