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From: Ivan Djelic <ivan.djelic@parrot.com>
To: Gerlando Falauto <gerlando.falauto@keymile.com>
Cc: "Bigler, Stefan" <Stefan.Bigler@keymile.com>,
	Christopher Harvey <charvey@matrox.com>,
	"Brunck, Holger" <Holger.Brunck@keymile.com>,
	"linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: state of support for "external ECC hardware"
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 20:07:14 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121108190714.GD28118@parrot.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <509BDE9B.3080909@keymile.com>

On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 04:32:27PM +0000, Gerlando Falauto wrote:
(...)
> Right, datasheets and TNs don't even mention what the threshold actually 
> is. They just say "Rewrite recommended". Perhaps you could get some 
> feeling while running your tests? I mean, if you could get bitflips by 
> using host-software ECC (within a reasonable time), and after enabling 
> on-die ECC you couldn't anymore, it probably means HW ECC won't tell you 
> about bitflips until they reach a number higher than 1. Am I right?
> 
> [Did you ever ask Micron by any chance?]

IIRC, Micron on-die ECC reports a "rewrite recommended" status when the
number of bitflips has reached the internal error correction capability
(4 in my case). In other words, a "rewrite recommended" means you should
rewrite the block ASAP before an additional bitflip triggers an ECC failure.

--
Ivan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-11-08 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-29 20:42 state of support for "external ECC hardware" Christopher Harvey
2012-11-08 11:02 ` Gerlando Falauto
2012-11-08 15:21   ` Christopher Harvey
2012-11-08 16:32     ` Gerlando Falauto
2012-11-08 16:37       ` Gerlando Falauto
2012-11-08 17:03         ` Christopher Harvey
2012-11-08 17:02       ` Christopher Harvey
2012-11-08 19:07       ` Ivan Djelic [this message]
2012-11-09  8:46       ` Ricard Wanderlof
2012-11-12 17:19         ` Gerlando Falauto
2012-11-12 17:35           ` Ivan Djelic
2012-11-12 17:39             ` Gerlando Falauto
2012-11-12 18:52               ` Ivan Djelic
2012-11-14 10:12                 ` Gerlando Falauto
2012-11-14 13:24                   ` Angus CLARK
2012-11-14 14:48                     ` Matthieu CASTET
2012-11-14 20:22                     ` Ivan Djelic
2012-11-20 11:13         ` Calvin Johnson
2012-11-20 11:35           ` Gerlando Falauto
2012-11-20 12:12             ` Calvin Johnson
2012-11-20 16:16           ` Ricard Wanderlof
2012-11-08 18:59     ` Ivan Djelic
2012-11-08 19:22       ` Christopher Harvey
2012-11-08 19:33         ` Ivan Djelic
2012-11-08 18:04   ` Ivan Djelic
2012-11-14 10:59 ` Angus CLARK

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