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SubjectRe: [PATCH -next v3 1/2] mtd: nand: toshiba: Retrieve ECC requirements from extended ID
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On 2017/12/19 20:56, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:42:36 +0900
> KOBAYASHI Yoshitake <yoshitake.kobayashi@toshiba.co.jp> wrote:
>
>> On 2017/12/07 0:08, Boris Brezillon wrote:
>>> On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 23:04:57 +0900
>>> KOBAYASHI Yoshitake <yoshitake.kobayashi@toshiba.co.jp> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This patch enables support to read the ECC strength and size from the
>>>> NAND flash using Toshiba Memory SLC NAND extended-ID. This patch is
>>>> based on the information of the 6th ID byte of the Toshiba Memory SLC
>>>> NAND.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: KOBAYASHI Yoshitake <yoshitake.kobayashi@toshiba.co.jp>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/mtd/nand/nand_toshiba.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_toshiba.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_toshiba.c
>>>> index 57df857..c2c141b 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_toshiba.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_toshiba.c
>>>> @@ -35,6 +35,34 @@ static void toshiba_nand_decode_id(struct nand_chip *chip)
>>>> (chip->id.data[5] & 0x7) == 0x6 /* 24nm */ &&
>>>> !(chip->id.data[4] & 0x80) /* !BENAND */)
>>>> mtd->oobsize = 32 * mtd->writesize >> 9;
>>>> +
>>>> + /*
>>>> + * Extract ECC requirements from 6th id byte.
>>>> + * For Toshiba SLC, ecc requrements are as follows:
>>>> + * - 43nm: 1 bit ECC for each 512Byte is required.
>>>> + * - 32nm: 4 bit ECC for each 512Byte is required.
>>>> + * - 24nm: 8 bit ECC for each 512Byte is required.
>>>> + */
>>>> + if (chip->id.len >= 6 && nand_is_slc(chip)) {
>>>> + chip->ecc_step_ds = 512;
>>>> + switch (chip->id.data[5] & 0x7) {
>>>> + case 0x4:
>>>> + chip->ecc_strength_ds = 1;
>>>> + break;
>>>> + case 0x5:
>>>> + chip->ecc_strength_ds = 4;
>>>> + break;
>>>> + case 0x6:
>>>> + chip->ecc_strength_ds = 8;
>>>> + break;
>>>> + default:
>>>> + WARN(1, "Could not get ECC info");
>>>> + chip->ecc_step_ds = 0;
>>>> + break;
>>>> + }
>>>> + } else if (chip->id.len < 6 && nand_is_slc(chip)) {
>>>> + WARN(1, "Could not get ECC info, 6th nand id byte does not exist.");
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure you have old NAND chips that do not have 6bytes ids
>>> (see the table here [1]), and printing a huge backtrace in this case is
>>> probably not what you want.
>>>
>>> If you're okay with dropping this else block, I'll do the change when
>>> applying, no need to send a new version.
>>
>> Some controllers may have limitation in reading ids beyond 5 bytes,
>> considering such scenario we think it is better to keep this warning.
>> However if you feel huge backtrace is an issue, how about we using pr_warn() instead?
>>
>
> Toshiba NANDs with an id smaller than 6 bytes exist, so no, we should
> not complain at all. If the controller is broken and can't read the 8 id
> bytes the core is asking for, then it should be detected at the core
> level not in the NAND manufacturer driver.

I understood your opinion. Please apply this patch with dropping the else block.

-- YOSHI


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