I think B-lu is back - what does secondary integrity testing have to do with device compatibility... If you're talking about it's because of the ECC, well then there lies our future defendants, we did it first.

''Starting in the late 90s, flash memory was much more reliable, so this was no longer necessary, and you actually cant do this type of test because you cant assume the flash device is not shared among other devices, like cameras, phones, etc, where you would erase data that was nor yours to erase.''

Micron - 12-11
Both SLC and MLC NAND require an ECC algorithm to ensure data integrity.
http://www.micron.com/support/software/~/media/Documents/Products/Software%20Article/7222SWNL_implementing_ecc.ashx

2011
http://tech.ebu.ch/docs/techreview/trev_2011-Q3_ssd_poijes.pdf

2009
http://www.storagesearch.com/sandforce-art1.html

aimho

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