RE: [Yaffs] delete of chunkId:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles Manning [mailto:manningc2@actrix.gen.nz]
> > Sent: 01 November 2006 23:09
> > To: yaffs@lists.aleph1.co.uk
> > Cc: Johann Kok (JP)
> > Subject: Re: [Yaffs] delete of chunkId:
> >
> > On Monday 30 October 2006 20:18, Johann Kok (JP) wrote:
> > Hi,
> > during yaffs init I get the message "delete of chunkId:" with 38
> > different chunkID's. Then after the init is done and without
doing
> > any yaffs operations I reset the CPU and I get the same 38
> > "delete of chunkId:" messages again.
> >
> > Isn't this a problem? Shouldn't it only delete them once?
> >
> > regards
> > Johann Kok


> You don't say whether you're using yaffs2 or yaffs(1).
>
> If you're using yaffs(1) then this is a problem because it
> would indicate that
> attempts to delete a chunk are not "sticking". That would
> indicate, most
> likely, some problem in your byte mapping in the nand driver.
>
> If you're using yaffs2 then this is not a problem. Deletion
> in yaffs2 does not
> end up being a physical mark on the nand, but is on a run-time
state.
> Therefore deletions will be perfomed like this until the
> block containing the
> chunk is erased.
>
> -- CHarles

Hi Charles,
I use yaffs2, so no problemo.

Thanks
Johann Kok

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