linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] mtd: nand: realtek-ecc: relax OOB size check to minimum

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Message-ID: <028201dc9759$52e364f0$f8aa2ed0$@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:11:20 +0100
From: <markus.stockhausen@....de>
To: "'Ahmed Naseef'" <naseefkm@...il.com>,
	<miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
	<richard@....at>,
	<vigneshr@...com>,
	<linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] mtd: nand: realtek-ecc: relax OOB size check to minimum

Hi Ahmed,

thanks for that finding.

> Von: Ahmed Naseef <naseefkm@...il.com> 
> Gesendet: Freitag, 6. Februar 2026 11:58
> Betreff: [PATCH] mtd: nand: realtek-ecc: relax OOB size check to minimum
>
> ...
>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmed Naseef <naseefkm@...il.com>
> Suggested-by: Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen@....de>

IIRC this should be the other way round.

> ...
>  * are only two known devices in the wild that have NAND flash and make use of this ECC engine
>  * (Linksys LGS328C & LGS352C). To keep compatibility with vendor firmware, new modes can only

Now it is more than these two devices. Please adapt the whole description so it
gives a consistent explanation.

Markus