[PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: nand: add NAND_NEED_SCRAMBLING option flag

Boris Brezillon boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com
Wed Dec 2 03:01:05 PST 2015


Some MLC NANDs are sensitive to repeated patterns and require data to be
scrambled in order to limit the number of bitflips.
Add a new flag to let the NAND controller know about this constraint.

Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com>
---
 include/linux/mtd/nand.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
index fad634e..0203b15 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ typedef enum {
 /* Device supports subpage reads */
 #define NAND_SUBPAGE_READ	0x00001000
 
+/*
+ * Some MLC NANDs need data scrambling to limit bitflips caused by repeated
+ * patterns.
+ */
+#define NAND_NEED_SCRAMBLING	0x00002000
+
 /* Options valid for Samsung large page devices */
 #define NAND_SAMSUNG_LP_OPTIONS NAND_CACHEPRG
 
-- 
2.1.4




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