Re: [PATCH] [MTD] MXC NAND driver fixes (v3)

[Vladimir Barinov <vbarinov@embeddedalley.com>]

Holger Schurig wrote:
>> Hello Holger,
>>
>> Could you explain how this message is related to this thread?
>> This patch as well as linux-mtd mail list doesn't care about
>> platform specific code that you can do in your custom mx21
>> based board.
>>     
>
> The thread is about a NAND flash driver for Linux MTD. And this 
> driver will work with i.MX27 and i.MX21 SoCs. However, the 
> i.MX21 has a specific error in it's silicon, where the hardware 
> ECC cannot one-bit-errors IF they are in two consecutive NAND 
> blocks.
>   
This thread is about minor fixes for MXC NAND driver :)
> If the NAND driver, that is supposed to be used for i.MX21, 
> cannot handle this (e.g. using software ECC), then the NAND 
> driver is buggy.
>
>   
You have pointed to the way how to resolve the mx21 h/w bug via platform 
data.
> This has nothing to do with board-specific things, my question 
> was just if the board setup code can keep ".ecc = 0". Or if that 
> won't work, we have to fix the MXC NAND driver with some 
> cpu_is_mx21() code paths.
>   
It's up to you to see if it work using .hw_ecc = 0. I have no mx21 
hardware at all.

Regards,
Vladimir