[PATCH reword] ARM: MVEBU: Netgear RN102: Use Hardware BCH ECC

Ben Peddell klightspeed at killerwolves.net
Sat Sep 13 19:54:01 PDT 2014


On 14/09/14 07:08, Jason Cooper wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 06:55:41PM +1000, klightspeed at killerwolves.net wrote:
>> The bootloader on the Netgear ReadyNAS RN102 uses Hardware BCH ECC
>> (strength = 4), while the pxa3xx NAND driver by default uses 
>> Hamming ECC (strength = 1).
>>
>> This patch changes the ECC mode on these machines to match that
>> of the bootloader and of the stock firmware. That way, it is
>> now possible to update the kernel from userland (e.g. using
>> standard tools from mtd-utils package); u-boot will happily
>> load and boot it.
>>
>> Fixes: 92beaccd8b49 ("ARM: mvebu: Enable NAND controller in ReadyNAS 102 .dts file")
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Peddell <klightspeed at killerwolves.net>
>> Acked-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia at free-electrons.com>
>> Tested-by: Arnaud Ebalard <arno at natisbad.org>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-netgear-rn102.dts | 4 ++++
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> I've already applied this the mvebu/fixes:
> 
>   500abb6ccb9e ARM: mvebu: Netgear RN2120: Use Hardware BCH ECC

That patch only affects arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-netgear-rn2120.dts

The patch I posted affects arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-netgear-rn102.dts



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