[PATCH] mtd: Nand Atmel: add On Flash BBT support

simon polette spolette at gmail.com
Tue May 26 07:55:32 EDT 2009


2009/5/26 simon polette <spolette at gmail.com>:
> 2009/5/26 simon polette <spolette at gmail.com>:
>> 2009/5/26 Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind at infradead.org>:
>>> On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 11:40 +0200, simon polette wrote:
>>>> 2009/5/26 Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind at infradead.org>:
>>>> > On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 17:44 +0200, simon polette wrote:
>>>> >> +config       MTD_NAND_ATMEL_FLASH_BBT
>>>> >> +     bool "Use On-Flash Bad Block Table"
>>>> >> +     depends on MTD_NAND_ATMEL
>>>> >> +     help
>>>> >> +       This enables the On-Flash BBT, which mean that the bad blocks
>>>> >> +       will be scanned one time then the BBT will be stored
>>>> >> +       in flash, so scanning Nand flash for bad blocks will be no more
>>>> >> +       necessary for the next boots.
>>>> >> +
>>>> >
>>>> > I do not think you need a config option for this. It should be
>>>> > a module parameter instead.
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Best regards,
>>>> > Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Yes, good idea, but do you think that I can keep a config option to
>>>> define the default state of that param, it means doing something like
>>>> :
>>>> #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ATMEL_FLASH_BBT
>>>> static int use_on_flash_bbt = 1;
>>>> #else
>>>> static int use_on_flash_bbt = 0;
>>>> #endif
>>>> module_param(use_on_flash_bbt, int, 0);
>>>
>>> I think it is generally bad idea if each nand driver will
>>> introduce a separate config option for this kind of stuff.
>>>
>>> You may always boot your kernel with something like
>>> atmel_nand.on_flash_bbt=1 in the kernel parameters.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>> Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ok, I asked this question cause it's what have been done in the nand
>> diskonchip driver.
>> I'll send you a new patch soon.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Simon Polette
>> Adeneo - Adetelgroup
>>
>
> So here is the new patch :
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Polette <spolette at adetelgroup.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c |    9 +++++++++
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
> index 47a33ce..e113594 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
>  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>  #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
>  #include <linux/mtd/nand.h>Signed-off-by: Simon Polette
> <spolette at adetelgroup.com>
> @@ -47,6 +48,9 @@
>  #define no_ecc         0
>  #endif
>
> +static int on_flash_bbt = 0;
> +module_param(on_flash_bbt, int, 0);
> +
>  /* Register access macros */
>  #define ecc_readl(add, reg)                            \
>        __raw_readl(add + ATMEL_ECC_##reg)
> @@ -465,6 +469,11 @@ static int __init atmel_nand_probe(struct
> platform_device *pdev)
>                }
>        }
>
> +       if (on_flash_bbt) {
> +               printk("atmel_nand: Use On Flash BBT\n");
> +               nand_chip->options |= NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT;
> +       }
> +
>        /* first scan to find the device and get the page size */
>        if (nand_scan_ident(mtd, 1)) {
>                res = -ENXIO;
> --
> 1.6.0.4
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Simon Polette
> Adeneo - Adetelgroup
>
A line have been mistakenly inserted into the patch, probably by a
middle click, sorry for the inconvenience.


Signed-off-by: Simon Polette <spolette at adetelgroup.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
index 47a33ce..e113594 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@

 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/nand.h>
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@
 #define no_ecc		0
 #endif

+static int on_flash_bbt = 0;
+module_param(on_flash_bbt, int, 0);
+
 /* Register access macros */
 #define ecc_readl(add, reg)				\
 	__raw_readl(add + ATMEL_ECC_##reg)
@@ -465,6 +469,11 @@ static int __init atmel_nand_probe(struct
platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}

+	if (on_flash_bbt) {
+		printk("atmel_nand: Use On Flash BBT\n");
+		nand_chip->options |= NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT;
+	}
+
 	/* first scan to find the device and get the page size */
 	if (nand_scan_ident(mtd, 1)) {
 		res = -ENXIO;
-- 
1.6.0.4



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