printf("Unknown nand command suffix '%s'.\n", s);
                                return 1;
                        }
-                       ret = nand_write_skip_bad(nand, off, &rwsize, (u_char *)addr, 1);
+                       ret = nand_write_skip_bad(nand, off, &rwsize,
+                                               (u_char *)addr, WITH_YAFFS_OOB);
 #endif
                } else if (!strcmp(s, ".oob")) {
                        /* out-of-band data */
 
  * @param offset       offset in flash
  * @param length       buffer length
  * @param buffer        buffer to read from
- * @param withoob      whether write with yaffs format
+ * @param flags                flags modifying the behaviour of the write to NAND
  * @return             0 in case of success
  */
 int nand_write_skip_bad(nand_info_t *nand, loff_t offset, size_t *length,
-                       u_char *buffer, int withoob)
+                       u_char *buffer, int flags)
 {
        int rval = 0, blocksize;
        size_t left_to_write = *length;
        int need_skip;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NAND_YAFFS
-       if (withoob) {
+       if (flags & WITH_YAFFS_OOB) {
                int pages;
                pages = nand->erasesize / nand->writesize;
                blocksize = (pages * nand->oobsize) + nand->erasesize;
                        write_size = blocksize - block_offset;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NAND_YAFFS
-               if (withoob) {
+               if (flags & WITH_YAFFS_OOB) {
                        int page, pages;
                        size_t pagesize = nand->writesize;
                        size_t pagesize_oob = pagesize + nand->oobsize;
 
 
 int nand_read_skip_bad(nand_info_t *nand, loff_t offset, size_t *length,
                       u_char *buffer);
+
+#define WITH_YAFFS_OOB (1 << 0) /* whether write with yaffs format */
+
 int nand_write_skip_bad(nand_info_t *nand, loff_t offset, size_t *length,
-                       u_char *buffer, int withoob);
+                       u_char *buffer, int flags);
 int nand_erase_opts(nand_info_t *meminfo, const nand_erase_options_t *opts);
 
 #define NAND_LOCK_STATUS_TIGHT 0x01