From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.204]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1FAWYk-0005CT-U4 for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:11:57 -0500 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i7so821288wra for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:11:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:11:52 -0800 From: "Russ Dill" To: tglx@linutronix.de In-Reply-To: <1140253826.2480.651.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <43EB96DC.3030900@eptar.com> <35fb2e590602100558s2d868fa3o1752fbf3217439e4@mail.gmail.com> <200602161432.17447.manningc2@actrix.gen.nz> <1140253826.2480.651.camel@localhost.localdomain> Cc: Charles Manning , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, yaffs@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk Subject: Re: [Yaffs] bit error rates --> a vendor speaks List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > Some words about Reed Solomon. > > Reed Solomon needs hardware support for performance reasons. Efficient > usage of Reed Solomon requires a different Data / RS-code layout: At what level is hardware support required? I'm involved in the design of a new system with a 466Mhz 80200. Should fpga considerations be mode for ecc correction? What sort of logic would be best to put in the fpga?