From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laurent Pinchart Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:00:36 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] mtd: sh_flctl: Use user oob data in hardware ECC mode Message-Id: <7855571.0NdFmdbNxx@avalon> List-Id: References: <1334913230-23615-1-git-send-email-hechtb@gmail.com> <1334913230-23615-9-git-send-email-hechtb@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1334913230-23615-9-git-send-email-hechtb@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Bastian Hecht Cc: Magnus Damm , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org Hi Bastian, Thanks for the patch. On Friday 20 April 2012 11:13:49 Bastian Hecht wrote: > In hardware ecc mode, the flctl now writes and reads the oob data > provided by the user. Additionally the ECC is now returned in normal > page reads, not only when using the explicit NAND_CMD_READOOB command. For my information again, what's the purpose of returning OOB data if the caller hasn't requested it ? What are those data then used for ? > Signed-off-by: Bastian Hecht -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart