[OE-core] How to use WIC to generate raw flash images

[Mike Looijmans]

On 23-01-17 11:34, Ed Bartosh wrote:
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>> - How do I set padding to be 0xFF instead of 0x00?
> The same thing here. Currently wic images are sparse files created by
> os.ftruncate, but it's not a big deal to fill them with 0xFF

Correct me if I'm wrong here...
- All flash media (NOR, NAND) prefers padding with 0xFF because that's equal 
to an erased sector.
- Other media (magnetic disks) don't care about what they're padded with.

So I'd say it makes sense to make 0xFF the default padding for exerything?



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Mike Looijmans
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