[PATCH] mtd: nand: davinci: add comment on NAND subpage write status on keystone

[PATCH] mtd: nand: davinci: add comment on NAND subpage write status on keystone

[Sekhar Nori]

Add a comment clarifying that NAND subpage write on keystone works,
but is not being enabled in the interest of backward compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
index 27fa8b87cd5f..531c51991e57 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
@@ -581,6 +581,17 @@ static struct davinci_nand_pdata
 			"ti,davinci-nand-use-bbt"))
 			pdata->bbt_options = NAND_BBT_USE_FLASH;
 
+		/*
+		 * Since kernel v4.8, this driver has been fixed to enable
+		 * use of 4-bit hardware ECC with subpages and verified on
+		 * TI's keystone EVMs (K2L, K2HK and K2E).
+		 * However, in the interest of not breaking systems using
+		 * existing UBI partitions, sub-page writes are not being
+		 * (re)enabled. If you want to use subpage writes on Keystone
+		 * platforms (i.e. do not have any existing UBI partitions),
+		 * then use "ti,davinci-nand" as the compatible in your
+		 * device-tree file.
+		 */
 		if (of_device_is_compatible(pdev->dev.of_node,
 					    "ti,keystone-nand")) {
 			pdata->options |= NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE;
-- 
2.9.0

Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: davinci: add comment on NAND subpage write status on keystone

[Boris Brezillon]

On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:09:30 +0530
Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com> wrote:

> Add a comment clarifying that NAND subpage write on keystone works,
> but is not being enabled in the interest of backward compatibility.

Applied.

Thanks,

Boris

> 
> Signed-off-by: Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@ti.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
> index 27fa8b87cd5f..531c51991e57 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
> @@ -581,6 +581,17 @@ static struct davinci_nand_pdata
>  			"ti,davinci-nand-use-bbt"))
>  			pdata->bbt_options = NAND_BBT_USE_FLASH;
>  
> +		/*
> +		 * Since kernel v4.8, this driver has been fixed to enable
> +		 * use of 4-bit hardware ECC with subpages and verified on
> +		 * TI's keystone EVMs (K2L, K2HK and K2E).
> +		 * However, in the interest of not breaking systems using
> +		 * existing UBI partitions, sub-page writes are not being
> +		 * (re)enabled. If you want to use subpage writes on Keystone
> +		 * platforms (i.e. do not have any existing UBI partitions),
> +		 * then use "ti,davinci-nand" as the compatible in your
> +		 * device-tree file.
> +		 */
>  		if (of_device_is_compatible(pdev->dev.of_node,
>  					    "ti,keystone-nand")) {
>  			pdata->options |= NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE;