linux-kernel - Re: fsl_ifc_nand: are blank pages protected by ECC?

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Message-ID: <17f3f536-4b42-3ed9-ae2f-81940eb4ed07@nod.at>
Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:12:15 +0200
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Dipen.Dudhat@...escale.com
Cc:     dwmw2@...radead.org, computersforpeace@...il.com,
        marek.vasut@...il.com, cyrille.pitchen@...el.com,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mark.marshall@...cronenergy.com, b44839@...escale.com,
        prabhakar@...escale.com
Subject: Re: fsl_ifc_nand: are blank pages protected by ECC?

Pavel,

Am 21.04.2017 um 12:08 schrieb Pavel Machek:
> (BTW, switching to ecc.mode = ECC_SOFT will cause compatibility
> problems but should make the problem go away, right?) 

Yes and it is slow.
So, fixing the driver is the way to go. :-)

Thanks,
//richard