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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:52:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] mxc_nand : allow swapping the Bad block Indicator
 for NFC v1.
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On 03/28/2014 10:11 AM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 02:53:33PM +0100, Ga?tan Carlier wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I don't see where the problem is. The fact that bad block marker are
>> used or not, is not related to "my" patch. This patch just places
>> data where they should be. If I take the Nand and connect it to a
>> not-bugged NFC controller, all data will be read correctly with data
>> is main area and OOB is spare area.
>>>
>>> In this form the patch is simply not correct and should be dropped.
>>>
>> Now I want to adapt and publish my platform file to latest kernel
>> version and I am still stopped with this biswap patch that is not
>> applied. As I said before, I must not be the only that have used
>> this damned original patch from Freescale that swaps byte in their
>> ATK programming soft, redboot and Kernel and it is impossible to
>> fallback to current NAND handling (without swapping).
>>
>> Is there any chance that if I send this patch against
>> linux-next/master branch, it will be finally accepted. Only people
>> that needs it will use it. There is so much option in menuconfig
>> with so little explaination and mark as "Only say Yes if you known
>> what you do".
>
> I'm ok with supporting a devicetree option that decides whether to do
> bad block marker swapping or not. It shouldn't be a Kconfig option.
devicetree what a wonderful system... I stop fighting.
>
> Sascha
>
>
Best regards,
Ga?tan Carlier.