That is correct.

yaffs1 mode of operation writes deletion markers. yaffs2 mode does not.

-- Charles

On Saturday 24 March 2012 07:57:05 ravi tandon wrote:
> I think I get it. It is fo NAND-1 version !!
>
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 12:25 AM, ravi tandon <ravifreek63@gmail.com> wrote:
> > YAFFS NAND2 does not support over-write of a chunk (until the block is
> > completely erased), however when deleting a chunk, the code overwrites
> > the tags area setting is_deleted field to 1 and then writes the tags to
> > the nand chunk. I can not understand the correctness of this. Please
> > clarify.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Ravi Tandon
> > 'Live Free or Die'