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

[Troy Kisky]

Haavard Skinnemoen wrote:
> 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
> 
Thanks for responding.


This patch by itself would break ECCs. But with the 1st two patches
it shouldn't. I would love to have that assertion tested however.

Troy