linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: spinand: add support for Foresee FS35ND01G-S1Y2

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Date:   Wed, 7 Apr 2021 21:01:01 +0900
From:   Daniel Palmer <daniel@...f.com>
To:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: spinand: add support for Foresee FS35ND01G-S1Y2

Hi Miquel,

On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 at 17:02, Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com> wrote:
> You may look at micron_8_ecc_get_status() helper to guide you. But
> IMHO, if there are 0-3 bf, you should probably assume there were 3 bf
> and return 3, if there were 4, return 4, if it's uncorrectable return
> -EBADMSG otherwise -EINVAL.

Understood.

> We should verify that this does not mess with UBI wear leveling
> though. Please check that returning 3-bit errors no matter the
> actual number of flipped bits does not lead UBI to move the data away
> (I think it's fine but we need to be sure otherwise the implementation
> proposal is not valid).

Ok. I'm not sure how to check that yet but I'll look into it.

Thanks for all of the help on this.

Cheers,

Daniel