linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/39] mtd: nand: denali_dt: enable HW_ECC

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:14:31 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/39] mtd: nand: denali_dt: enable HW_ECC_FIXUP
 capability for DT platform

Hi Boris,

2016-11-28 1:14 GMT+09:00 Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>:
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 03:06:06 +0900
> Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>
>> The denali_dt.c was split out by Altera for the SOCFPGA port.  The
>> Denali IP on SOCFPGA incorporates the hardware ECC fixup feature.
>> Newer versions are very likely to support it.  So, it should be OK
>> to set DENALI_CAPS_HW_ECC_FIXUP for all DT platforms.
>
> Seems like a bad idea. What's the problem with setting this flag in the
> data->caps definition of each revision?

No problem.

I will follow your suggestion in v2.


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada