[PATCH 3/5] mtd: nand: atmel: use default ecc layout

Haavard Skinnemoen haavard.skinnemoen at atmel.com
Thu May 14 04:23:11 EDT 2009


David Brownell wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 May 2009, Troy Kisky wrote:
> > atmel should not need to override default  
> 
> Doesn't this break compatibility with every system now
> in the field?  As in, "install a new kernel, trash all
> the data now in your NAND flash"??

I also suspect it will break hardware ECC. The ECC controller is a bit
picky about the OOB layout, which is why the defaults were overriden in
the first place.

Haavard



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