[PATCH reword] ARM: MVEBU: Netgear RN102: Use Hardware BCH ECC

Jason Cooper jason at lakedaemon.net
Sat Sep 13 21:18:47 PDT 2014


On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 12:54:01PM +1000, Ben Peddell wrote:
> On 14/09/14 07:08, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 06:55:41PM +1000, klightspeed at killerwolves.net wrote:
> >> The bootloader on the Netgear ReadyNAS RN102 uses Hardware BCH ECC
> >> (strength = 4), while the pxa3xx NAND driver by default uses 
> >> Hamming ECC (strength = 1).
> >>
> >> This patch changes the ECC mode on these machines to match that
> >> of the bootloader and of the stock firmware. That way, it is
> >> now possible to update the kernel from userland (e.g. using
> >> standard tools from mtd-utils package); u-boot will happily
> >> load and boot it.
> >>
> >> Fixes: 92beaccd8b49 ("ARM: mvebu: Enable NAND controller in ReadyNAS 102 .dts file")
> >> Signed-off-by: Ben Peddell <klightspeed at killerwolves.net>
> >> Acked-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia at free-electrons.com>
> >> Tested-by: Arnaud Ebalard <arno at natisbad.org>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-netgear-rn102.dts | 4 ++++
> >>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > 
> > I've already applied this the mvebu/fixes:
> > 
> >   500abb6ccb9e ARM: mvebu: Netgear RN2120: Use Hardware BCH ECC
> 
> That patch only affects arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-netgear-rn2120.dts
> 
> The patch I posted affects arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-netgear-rn102.dts

Gah!  You're right.  Applied to mvebu/fixes and Cc'd the stable v3.14+

thx,

Jason.



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