linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] mtd: nand: use nand_check_erased_ecc

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jan 2016 18:50:54 -0800
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	"Franklin S Cooper Jr." <fcooper@...com>,
	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] mtd: nand: use nand_check_erased_ecc_chunk in
 default ECC read functions

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 08:32:04PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> The default NAND read functions are relying on the underlying controller
> driver to correct bitflips, but some of those controllers cannot properly
> fix bitflips in erased pages.
> Check for bitflips in erased pages in default core functions if the driver
> delegated the this check by setting the NAND_ECC_GENERIC_ERASED_CHECK flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>

Pushed to l2-mtd.git
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