linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: gpmi: add proper raw access support

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Message-ID: <20140913153622.GA10132@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 13 Sep 2014 23:36:24 +0800
From:	Huang Shijie <shijie8@...il.com>
To:	Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	Huang Shijie <shijie.huang@...el.com>,
	Mike Voytovich <mvoytovich@...pal.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Huang Shijie <b32955@...escale.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Roy Lee <roylee@...pal.com>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: gpmi: add proper raw access support

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 02:30:50PM +0200, Boris BREZILLON wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:45:50 +0800
> 
> My bad, capabilities might not be the appropriate word in this context.
> I meant ECC algorithm strength, and that's exactly the purpose of
> nandbiterrs testsuite: insert bitflips in in-band data until the MTD
> layer complains about uncorrectable errors.
okay. 

> This test validates what's returned by ecc_strength file in sysfs
> (which in turn is specified by the NAND controller when initializing
> the NAND chip).
> 
> Doing this should not imply knowing the ECC algorithm in use in the
> NAND controller or the layout used to store data on NAND.
the difficulty is that the ECC parity area can be not byte aligned.

As I ever said, it is hard to implement the two hooks.

thanks
Huang Shijie
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