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From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
To: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com>
Cc: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>,
	Tudor Ambarus <Tudor.Ambarus@microchip.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>,
	linux-mtd <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] mtd: Add support for emulated SLC mode on MLC NANDs
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 20:22:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200109202222.75dc95af@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200109201935.3e02b05e@collabora.com>

Hi Boris,

Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com> wrote on Thu, 9 Jan
2020 20:19:35 +0100:

> On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 19:39:42 +0100 (CET)
> Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> wrote:
> 
> > Miquel,
> > 
> > ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----  
> > >> I suggest giving a name which indicates that we are actually emulating
> > >> an SLC. Maybe MTD_SLC_EMULATION?
> > >> Some MLC NANDs support SLC mode in hardware, MTD_MLC_IN_SLC_MODE reads like
> > >> this feature.    
> > > 
> > > You're right. What about MTD_SLC_ON_MLC_EMULATION?    
> > 
> > Makes sense.
> >     
> > >> The name is misleading. We don't do OOB IO on a SLC NAND,
> > >> we emulate SLC.    
> 
> We should really replace those mtd_oob_ prefixes by something
> more accurate like mtd_io_ at some point (those helpers can do more than
> just read/write the OOB region).

I think I have some WIP about this. Not the time for everything just
during these vacations :p

> 
> > > 
> > > What would you recommend? mtd_oob_io_emul_slc?    
> > 
> > Yes. Let's use "emul_slc" to indicate SLC emulation.  
> 
> How about mtd_io_emulated_slc()?

Fine!

Thanks,
Miquèl

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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-30 16:51 [PATCH 0/8] MLC in SLC mode Miquel Raynal
2019-12-30 16:51 ` [PATCH 1/8] mtd: rawnand: toshiba: Add a specific init for TC58TEG5DCLTA00 Miquel Raynal
2019-12-30 16:51 ` [PATCH 2/8] mtd: rawnand: Define the "distance 3" MLC pairing scheme Miquel Raynal
2019-12-30 16:51 ` [PATCH 3/8] mtd: rawnand: toshiba: Set the pairing scheme for TC58TEG5DCLTA00 Miquel Raynal
2019-12-30 16:51 ` [PATCH 4/8] mtd: Add support for emulated SLC mode on MLC NANDs Miquel Raynal
2020-01-08 23:49   ` Richard Weinberger
2020-01-09 18:16     ` Miquel Raynal
2020-01-09 18:39       ` Richard Weinberger
2020-01-09 19:19         ` Boris Brezillon
2020-01-09 19:22           ` Miquel Raynal [this message]
2020-01-14 10:04     ` Miquel Raynal
2019-12-30 16:51 ` [PATCH 5/8] dt-bindings: mtd: partition: Document the slc-mode property Miquel Raynal
2019-12-31  3:53   ` Florian Fainelli
2020-01-14  9:33     ` Miquel Raynal
2019-12-30 16:51 ` [PATCH 6/8] mtd: partitions: ofpart: Parse " Miquel Raynal
2019-12-30 16:51 ` [PATCH 7/8] mtd: cmdlinepart: Add an slc option to use SLC mode on a part Miquel Raynal
2019-12-30 16:51 ` [PATCH 8/8] ubi: Relax the 'no MLC' rule and allow MLCs operating in SLC mode Miquel Raynal
2020-01-08 23:50   ` Richard Weinberger

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