Since linux 5.17 I get the following issue when doing ubiformat: # ubiformat -y /dev/mtd5 ubiformat: mtd5 (nand), size 265945088 bytes (253.6 MiB), 2029 eraseblocks of 131072 bytes (128.0 KiB), min. I/O size 2048 bytes libscan: scanning eraseblock 1097 -- 54 % complete eth1 timed out to bring up libscan: scanning eraseblock 2028 -- 100 % complete ubiformat: 2001 eraseblocks have valid erase counter, mean value is 9 ubiformat: 2 eraseblocks are supposedly empty ubiformat: 26 bad eraseblocks found, numbers: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32 ubiformat: formatting eras[ 33.644323] nand: nand_erase_nand: attempt to erase a bad block at page 0x00000d40 ubiformat: formatting eraseblock 28[ 33.658809] nand: nand_erase_nand: attempt to erase a bad block at page 0x00000d80 ubiformat: formatting eraseblock 29 -- 1 % [ 33.674531] nand: nand_erase_nand: attempt to erase a bad block at page 0x00000dc0 ubiformat: formatting eraseblock 30 -- 1 % complete [ 33.684508] nand: nand_erase_nand: attempt to erase a bad block at page 0x00000e00 ubiformat: formatting eraseblock 34 -- 1 % complete libmtd: error!: MEMERASE64 ioctl failed for eraseblock 34 (mtd5) error 5 (Input/output error) ubiformat: error!: failed to erase eraseblock 34 error 5 (Input/output error) ubiformat: marking block 34 bad ubiformat: formatting eraseblock 35 -- 1 % complete libmtd: error!: MEMERASE64 ioctl failed for eraseblock 35 (mtd5) error 5 (Input/output error) ubiformat: error!: failed to erase eraseblock 35 error 5 (Input/output error) ubiformat: marking block 35 bad ubiformat: formatting eraseblock 36 -- 1 % complete libmtd: error!: MEMERASE64 ioctl failed for eraseblock 36 (mtd5) error 5 (Input/output error) ubiformat: error!: failed to erase eraseblock 36 error 5 (Input/output error) ubiformat: marking block 36 bad ubiformat: formatting eraseblock 37 -- 1 % complete libmtd: error!: MEMERASE64 ioctl failed for eraseblock 37 (mtd5) error 5 (Input/output error) ubiformat: error!: failed to erase eraseblock 37 error 5 (Input/output error) ubiformat: marking block 37 bad ubiformat: error!: consecutive bad blocks exceed limit: 4, bad flash? # [ 36.322563] vwl1271: disabling git bisect pointed to the following commit: a9e849efca4f9c7732ea4a81f13ec96208994b22 is the first bad commit commit a9e849efca4f9c7732ea4a81f13ec96208994b22 Author: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Dec 9 11:04:55 2021 +0200 mtd: rawnand: omap2: move to exec_op interface Stop using legacy interface and move to the exec_op interface. Signed-off-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20211209090458.24830-4-rogerq@xxxxxxxxxx :040000 040000 2341051b8aa8e6b554b8a44d2934f76d1aa460c4 c1727080ff16c403f4ad5ed840acc90127b632f8 M drivers Info to my NAND flash: [ 5.695760] nand: device found, Manufacturer ID: 0x2c, Chip ID: 0xda [ 5.702193] nand: Micron MT29F2G08ABAEAWP [ 5.706356] nand: 256 MiB, SLC, erase size: 128 KiB, page size: 2048, OOB size: 64 [ 5.714204] nand: using OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW ECC scheme [ 5.719673] 6 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device omap2-nand.0 [ 5.726232] Creating 6 MTD partitions on "omap2-nand.0": [ 5.731594] 0x000000000000-0x000000020000 : "SPL" [ 5.737788] mtdblock: MTD device 'SPL' is NAND, please consider using UBI block devices instead. [ 5.750113] 0x000000020000-0x000000040000 : "SPL.backup1" [ 5.756916] mtdblock: MTD device 'SPL.backup1' is NAND, please consider using UBI block devices instead. [ 5.769870] 0x000000040000-0x000000060000 : "SPL.backup2" [ 5.776695] mtdblock: MTD device 'SPL.backup2' is NAND, please consider using UBI block devices instead. [ 5.789559] 0x000000060000-0x000000080000 : "SPL.backup3" [ 5.796423] mtdblock: MTD device 'SPL.backup3' is NAND, please consider using UBI block devices instead. [ 5.809341] 0x000000080000-0x000000260000 : "u-boot" [ 5.816652] mtdblock: MTD device 'u-boot' is NAND, please consider using UBI block devices instead. [ 5.829189] 0x000000260000-0x000010000000 : "UBI" [ 5.971508] mtdblock: MTD device 'UBI' is NAND, please consider using UBI block devices instead. Regards, Yegor