[PATCH 2.6.30-rc6 3/3] NAND: Add 4-bit ECC support for large page NAND chips

Troy Kisky troy.kisky at boundarydevices.com
Mon May 18 20:17:20 EDT 2009


Troy Kisky wrote:
> nsnehaprabha at ti.com wrote:
>> From: Sneha Narnakaje <nsnehaprabha at ti.com>
>>
>> This patch adds 4-bit ECC support for large page NAND chips using the new ECC
>> mode NAND_ECC_HW_OOB_FIRST. The platform data from board-dm355-evm has been
>> adjusted to use this mode.
>>
>> The patches have been verified on DM355 device with 2K Micron devices using
>> mtd-tests and JFFS2. Error correction upto 4-bits has also been verified using
>> nandwrite/nanddump utilities.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: David Brownell <dbrownell at users.sourceforge.net>
>> Signed-off-by: Sneha Narnakaje <nsnehaprabha at ti.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>>  1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
>> index ba6940d..4557b8d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
>> @@ -689,15 +707,22 @@ static int __init nand_davinci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  				info->mtd.oobsize - 16;
>>  			goto syndrome_done;
>>  		}
>> +		if (chunks == 4) {
>> +			info->ecclayout = hwecc4_2048;
>> +			info->ecclayout.oobfree[1].length =
>> +				info->mtd.oobsize - 49;
> 
Most drivers set chip->ecc.layout = ... Is it ok to use ecclayout instead?????






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