[PATCH] mtd: nand: ignore ecc errors during bbt reads

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Sun, 2012-06-10 at 22:45 -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> 
> This brings up a side issue: I think many of the "_raw" function names
> in nand_bbt.c are misleading. They do not all use MTD_OPS_RAW (and
> shouldn't). Effectively, I would prefer that *all* the calls in
> nand_bbt.c use the non-RAW version of the MTD/NAND interfaces, and
> then ignore the errors if sensible. e.g., when reading a bad block
> marker. But nand_bbt.c does a lot more (reading BBTs from flash,
> checking for "Bbt0" and "1tbB" table marker, etc.) that *must* use ECC
> to provide any robustness.
> 
> So, I can send a patch that straightens out naming and brings
> scan_block_fast() and scan_block_full() into alignment on using
> MTD_OPS_PLACE_OOB.

Sounds like a good idea to me.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy
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