Messages in this thread | | | From | Naga Sureshkumar Relli <> | Subject | RE: [LINUX PATCH v12 3/3] mtd: rawnand: arasan: Add support for Arasan NAND Flash Controller | Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:35:51 +0000 |
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Hi Miquel,
> -----Original Message----- > From: Miquel Raynal [mailto:miquel.raynal@bootlin.com] > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 2:58 PM > To: Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagasure@xilinx.com> > Cc: robh@kernel.org; marek.vasut@gmail.com; richard@nod.at; martin.lund@keep-it- > simple.com; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>; > linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; nagasuresh12@gmail.com; Michal Simek > <michals@xilinx.com>; computersforpeace@gmail.com; dwmw2@infradead.org > Subject: Re: [LINUX PATCH v12 3/3] mtd: rawnand: arasan: Add support for Arasan > NAND Flash Controller > > Hi Naga, > > Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagasure@xilinx.com> wrote on Mon, 28 Jan 2019 > 06:04:53 +0000: > > > Hi Boris & Miquel, > > > > Could you please provide your thoughts on this driver to support HW-ECC? > > As I said previously, there is no way to detect errors beyond N bit. > > I am ok to update the driver based on your inputs. > > We won't support the ECC engine. It simply cannot be used reliably. > > I am working on a generic ECC engine object. It's gonna take a few months until it gets > merged but after that you could update the controller driver to drop any ECC-related > function. Although the ECC engine part is blocking, raw access still look wrong and the > driver still needs changes.
Thank you for the update. Yes, currently ECC engine part is blocking. Also whenever you have time, please provide your comments to the driver v12 patch. I will update those.
Thanks, Naga Sureshkumar Relli > > > Thanks, > Miquèl
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