[PATCH v8 0/3] add the GPMI controller driver for IMX23/IMX28

Shawn Guo shawn.guo at freescale.com
Fri Jul 22 01:57:32 EDT 2011


On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:30:41AM +0800, Huang Shijie wrote:
> Hi,
> >> The general-purpose media interface(GPMI) controller is a flexible interface
> >> to up to several NAND flashs.
> > ...
> >> To Walfram & Artem:
> >>     About how to disable the JFFS2 to use the OOB:
> >>     I read the code, and I still have no idea about how to use the ecclayout
> >>     to do the job. Could you give me some hint? thanks.
> > Have you checked mxc_nand.c for example? There is
> >
> > static struct nand_ecclayout nandv1_hw_eccoob_smallpage = {
> >         .eccbytes = 5,
> >         .eccpos = {6, 7, 8, 9, 10},
> >         .oobfree = {{0, 5}, {12, 4}, }
> > }
> >
> > defined as one layout. Now, you could define one where oobfree is empty and
> > eccbytes as big as the oob-area.
> >
> thanks. I will check the code.
> >> The driver depends on another GPMI-NAND device patch set, you can find them at :
> >> 	[1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2011-July/037033.html
> >> 	[2] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2011-July/037031.html
> >> 	[3] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2011-July/037032.html
> >> 	[4] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2011-July/037034.html
> >>
> >> The driver also depends on another DMA patch by Shawn:
> >> 	[0] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2011-June/036820.html
> > This makes it difficult for testers/reviewers. Please try to get a git-branch
> > from Freescale or Linaro.
> >
> Shawn will merge my patches to his Linaro branch.
> 

git://git.linaro.org/people/shawnguo/linux-2.6.git mxs-gpmi

Shijie, please check and test it.  I only did a build test.

-- 
Regards,
Shawn




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