From: b32955@freescale.com (Huang Shijie)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] MTD/GPMI bugfix : reset the BCH module when it is not MX23
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:31:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EFE8215.8030301@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201112310415.02867.marek.vasut@gmail.com>
hi,
>> Hi,
>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 04:27:26PM +0800, Huang Shijie wrote:
>>>> In MX28, if we do not reset the BCH module. The BCH module may
>>>> becomes unstable when the board reboots for several thousands times.
>>> Do you have more details when and why this happens? What happens on MX23
>>> then?
>> In one customer's 3G router which uses the MX28:
>> [0] NAND boot mode, mount the UBIFS in the NAND partition.
>> [1] We used the gpmi_reset_block(r->bch_regs, true) to init the BCH module.
>> [2] The board will automatically reboot again after it booted by NAND
>> boot mode.
>> [3] After reboot more then thousands times(cost nearly one day), the BCH
>> mode became UNSTABLE,
>> the data read out was not right, so the system could not mount the UBIFS.
>>
>> After we use gpmi_reset_block(r->bch_regs, false) to init the BCH
>> module, the bug never happens.
>>
>>
>>
>> The gpmi_reset_block() was coded to avoid the NAND boot bug in MX23. So
>> MX23 does not have the bug.
>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie<b32955@freescale.com>
>>> Is this Bug 2847 from the errata? Should be mentioned in the commit
>>> message and
>> Yes, this is the bug 2847 from the mx23's errata.
>>
>> I will add some comments to it.
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Huang Shijie
>>
>>> comments of the patch if so.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Wolfram
> Ah, so you confirmed it's a problem with the silicon. Good
>
yes, the bug in mx23 is really a hardware bug.
BR
Huang Shijie
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-31 3:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-30 8:27 [PATCH v2] MTD/GPMI bugfix : reset the BCH module when it is not MX23 Huang Shijie
2011-12-30 14:01 ` Marek Vasut
2011-12-30 14:36 ` Wolfram Sang
2011-12-31 2:23 ` Huang Shijie
2011-12-31 3:15 ` Marek Vasut
2011-12-31 3:31 ` Huang Shijie [this message]
2011-12-31 4:45 ` Marek Vasut
2011-12-31 15:43 ` Wolfram Sang
2012-01-01 15:23 ` Huang Shijie
2012-01-01 22:33 ` Wolfram Sang
2012-01-03 2:30 ` Huang Shijie
2012-01-03 11:11 ` Wolfram Sang
2012-01-04 2:43 ` Huang Shijie
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