From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: computersforpeace@gmail.com (Brian Norris) Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 14:35:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH for v3.15 0/2] ARM: mvebu Specificy ECC scheme for A375/385 boards In-Reply-To: <20140525172906.GL8664@titan.lakedaemon.net> References: <1400941030-2123-1-git-send-email-ezequiel.garcia@free-electrons.com> <20140525172906.GL8664@titan.lakedaemon.net> Message-ID: <20140525213509.GA5241@norris-Latitude-E6410> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 01:29:06PM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:17:08AM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote: > > Last minute fixes, which help prevent any inconsistencies between the ECC > > scheme expected by the bootloader, and the one expected by the kernel. > > > > Until now, the kernel was using the ONFI-provided "datasheet ECC requirement", > > and assume the bootloader did the same thing. However, this is not the case > > for these boards, where the vendor provided a bootloader with an ECC strength > > that's weaker than the required. > > > > After the introduction of the NAND ECC devicetree binding, and its support > > in the pxa3xx-nand driver, we can set these values and expect them to work. > > > > I hope it's not too late for v3.15 already. > > > > Ezequiel Garcia (2): > > ARM: dts: Specify the NAND ECC scheme explicitly on Armada 375 DB > > board > > ARM: dts: Specify the NAND ECC scheme explicitly on Armada 385 DB > > board > > > > arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-375-db.dts | 2 ++ > > arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-385-db.dts | 2 ++ > > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) For the series: Acked-by: Brian Norris > As discussed on irc, I'm pushing this for v3.16 right now. If we later > determine that it needs to be in v3.15, we can send a stable request for > these patches. Not sure what went into the discussion, but for one, the binding is only used in the pxa3xx_nand driver in the for-3.16 development branch, so it doesn't quite seem urgent to me. Regards, Brian