Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: spinand: Add support for Etron EM73D044VCx

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>]

Hi Bert,

Richard, a question for you below!

bert@biot.com wrote on Wed,  8 Sep 2021 22:16:19 +0200:

> This adds a new vendor Etron, and support for a 2Gb chip.
> 
> The datasheet is available at
> https://www.etron.com/cn/products/EM73%5B8%5DC%5BD_E_F%5DVC%20SPI%20NAND%20Flash_Promotion_Rev%201_00A.pdf
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bert Vermeulen <bert@biot.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Made ooblayout_free/_ecc depend on chip-specific parameters, instead of
>   hardcoded to this 2Gb chip only
> - Fixed manufacturer ordering
> - Fixed minor formatting issues as reported
> - Removed debug comment
> 
>  drivers/mtd/nand/spi/Makefile |   2 +-
>  drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c   |   1 +
>  drivers/mtd/nand/spi/etron.c  | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/mtd/spinand.h   |   1 +
>  4 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/mtd/nand/spi/etron.c

[...]

> +static int etron_ecc_get_status(struct spinand_device *spinand, u8 status)
> +{
> +	switch (status & STATUS_ECC_MASK) {
> +	case STATUS_ECC_NO_BITFLIPS:
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	case STATUS_ECC_HAS_BITFLIPS:
> +		/* Between 1-7 bitflips were corrected */
> +		return 7;

Mmmh this is a bit problematic, having no intermediate value means a
single bitflip will trigger UBI to move the data around as its
threshold will be reached. Richard, any feedback on this?

> +
> +	case STATUS_ECC_MASK:
> +		/* Maximum bitflips were corrected */
> +		return 8;
> +
> +	case STATUS_ECC_UNCOR_ERROR:
> +		return -EBADMSG;
> +	}
> +
> +	return -EINVAL;
> +}

Thanks,
Miquèl