linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: Expand the ecc placement locations to 1216

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Date:	Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:41:33 +0530
From:	punnaiah choudary kalluri <punnaia@...inx.com>
To:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Punnaiah Choudary Kalluri 
	<punnaiah.choudary.kalluri@...inx.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"michals@...inx.com" <michals@...inx.com>,
	"linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Punnaiah Choudary <kpc528@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: Expand the ecc placement locations to 1216

Hi Boris,

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:45 PM, Boris Brezillon
<boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com> wrote:
> Brian, Punnaiah,
>
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:33:42 -0800
> Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 10:28:55PM +0530, Punnaiah Choudary Kalluri wrote:
>> > Device like MT29F32G08ABCDBJ4 have a writesize/oobsize of 16K/1216 Bytes.
>> > So, increasing the maximum ecc placement locations to 1216
>>
>> I'd really prefer not increasing the size of the internal arrays any
>> more. The structures should be rewritten to be dynamic.
>
> I already started this migration (you can find the code here [1]). I
> was planning to rework this series to make the eccpos definition mimic
> what's done for oobfree (as suggested by Brian) before sending it, but
> I'm not sure when I'll be able to do that, so if you really need that
> quickly I suggest you submit those patches instead of reimplementing
> it yourself.
>

Sure. let me check your implementation and then send these patches for review
with your sign off.

Thanks,
Punnaiah

> Best Regards,
>
> Boris
>
> [1]https://github.com/bbrezillon/linux-sunxi/commits/nand/ecclayout
>
> --
> Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> http://free-electrons.com
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