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Mask Explanation Needed

Posted: January 25th, 2016, 18:53
by ddrecovery
Anyone know of a resource to fully explain the Masks used in NAND recoveries (eg 0xFFFF) when converting data by using block numbers (eg 0000).
Thanks.

Re: Mask Explanation Needed

Posted: January 26th, 2016, 9:35
by MattM
It is a bit mask.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_(computing)

Specifically, it utilizes the AND operation.

Re: Mask Explanation Needed

Posted: January 26th, 2016, 12:17
by ddrecovery
MattM wrote:It is a bit mask.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_(computing)

Specifically, it utilizes the AND operation.

Many thanks :)

Re: Mask Explanation Needed

Posted: January 27th, 2016, 2:10
by HaQue
If you do a search there is somewhat of an explanation, in true minimalistic style, in a convo between Sergey and Jeremy. http://flash-extractor.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4176 Read both pages.

Re: Mask Explanation Needed

Posted: January 27th, 2016, 12:44
by ddrecovery
HaQue wrote:If you do a search there is somewhat of an explanation, in true minimalistic style, in a convo between Sergey and Jeremy. http://flash-extractor.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4176 Read both pages.

Thanks :-)