Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:27:42 +0200 | From | Miquel Raynal <> | Subject | Re: [LINUX PATCH v12 3/3] mtd: rawnand: arasan: Add support for Arasan NAND Flash Controller |
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Hi Naga,
Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagasureshkumarrelli@gmail.com> wrote on Tue, 18 Jun 2019 22:44:24 -0600:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 10:27:39AM +0100, Miquel Raynal wrote: > Hi Miquel, > > > 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 > > Could you please let me know that, when can we expect generic ECC engine > update in mtd NAND? > Based on that, i will plan to update the ARASAN NAND driver along with your > comments mentioned above under this update, > as you know there is a limiation in ARASAN NAND controller to detect > ECC errors. > i am following this series https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10838705/
It is gonna take more time than expected. You can stick to the software engines for now.
Thanks, Miquèl
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