linux-kernel - Re: [LINUX PATCH v12 3/3] mtd: rawnand: arasan: Add support for Arasan NAND Flash Controller

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Date:   Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:27:39 +0100
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagasure@...inx.com>
Cc:     "robh@...nel.org" <robh@...nel.org>,
        "marek.vasut@...il.com" <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        "richard@....at" <richard@....at>,
        "martin.lund@...p-it-simple.com" <martin.lund@...p-it-simple.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        "linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "nagasuresh12@...il.com" <nagasuresh12@...il.com>,
        Michal Simek <michals@...inx.com>,
        "computersforpeace@...il.com" <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        "dwmw2@...radead.org" <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [LINUX PATCH v12 3/3] mtd: rawnand: arasan: Add support for
 Arasan NAND Flash Controller

Hi Naga,

Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagasure@...inx.com> wrote on Mon, 28 Jan 2019
06:04:53 +0000:

> Hi Boris & Miquel,
> 
> Could you please provide your thoughts on this driver to support HW-ECC?
> As I said previously, there is no way to detect errors beyond N bit.
> I am ok to update the driver based on your inputs.

We won't support the ECC engine. It simply cannot be used reliably.

I am working on a generic ECC engine object. It's gonna take a few
months until it gets merged but after that you could update the
controller driver to drop any ECC-related function. Although the ECC
engine part is blocking, raw access still look wrong and the driver
still needs changes.


Thanks,
Miquèl