[PATCH v2 fix] mtd: gpmi: fix the ecc regression
Brian Norris
computersforpeace at gmail.com
Thu Oct 24 15:19:20 PDT 2013
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 04:48:16PM +0800, Huang Shijie wrote:
> The legacy ecc layout is to use all the OOB area by computing the ecc strength
> and ecc step size ourselves.
>
> The patch "2febcdf mtd: gpmi: set the BCHs geometry with the ecc info"
> makes the gpmi to use the ECC info(ecc strength and ecc step size)
> provided by the MTD code, and creates a different NAND ecc layout
> for the BCH , and use the new ecc layout, this brings a regression to us:
> We can not mount the ubifs which was created by the old NAND ecc layout.
>
> This patch fixes this issue by use the legacy ecc layout firstly, if it fails
> we try to use the new ecc layout.
>
> Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <b32955 at freescale.com>
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
I fixed up the language a little, dropped the 'stable', and pushed to
linux-mtd.git (in hopes of sending another pull request for 3.12). I'll
see if David wants to weigh in first.
Feel free to send your updated DT binding patch(es).
Brian
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