3.3.7. ubiformat - format an ubi volume¶
3.3.7.1. Usage¶
ubiformat [-sOnfexQqv] MTDEVICE
3.3.7.2. Synopsis¶
A tool to format MTD devices and flash UBI images
3.3.7.3. Options¶
- -s BYTES
minimum input/output unit used for UBI headers e.g. sub-page size in case of NAND flash
- -O OFFS
offset if the VID header from start of the physical eraseblock (default is the next minimum I/O unit or sub-page after the EC header)
- -n
only erase all eraseblock and preserve erase counters, do not write empty volume table
- -f FILE
flash image file
- -e VALUE
use VALUE as erase counter value for all eraseblocks
- -x NUM
UBI version number to put to EC headers (default 1)
- -Q NUM
32-bit UBI image sequence number to use
- -y
Assume yes for all questions
- -q
suppress progress percentage information
- -v
be verbose
3.3.7.4. Description¶
Example 1: ubiformat /dev/nand0 -y - format nand0 and assume yes Example 2: ubiformat /dev/nand0 -q -e 0 - format nand0, be quiet and force erase counter value 0.
