linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] mtd: add support for pairing scheme description

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Message-ID: <5721C41A.20105@nod.at>
Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:04:42 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] mtd: add support for pairing scheme description

Am 25.04.2016 um 12:01 schrieb Boris Brezillon:
> Hi,
> 
> This series is the first step towards reliable MLC/TLC NAND support.
> Those patches allows the NAND layer to expose page pairing information
> to MTD users.
> The plan is to teach UBI about those constraints and let UBI code take
> the appropriate precautions when dealing with those multi-level cells
> NANDs. The way we'll handle this "paired pages" constraint will be
> described soon in a series adapting the UBI layer, so stay tune ;).
> 
> Note that this implementation only allows page pairing scheme description
> when the NAND has a full-id entry in the nand_ids table.
> This should be addressed in some way for ONFI and JEDEC NANDs, though
> I'm not sure how to handle this yet.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Boris
> 
> Boris Brezillon (4):
>   mtd: introduce the mtd_pairing_scheme concept
>   mtd: nand: implement two pairing scheme
>   mtd: nand: add a pairing field to nand_flash_dev
>   mtd: nand: H27UCG8T2ATR: point to the correct pairing scheme
>     implementation

For the whole series:

Reviewed-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>

Thanks,
//richard