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Masahiro Yamada 0d55c668b2 mtd: rawnand: denali: set SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES register to 8 if unset
NAND devices need additional data area (OOB) for error correction,
but it is also used for Bad Block Marker (BBM).  In many cases, the
first byte in OOB is used for BBM, but the location actually depends
on chip vendors.  The NAND controller should preserve the precious
BBM to keep track of bad blocks.

In Denali IP, the SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES register is used to specify
the number of bytes to skip from the start of OOB.  The ECC engine
will automatically skip the specified number of bytes when it gets
access to OOB area.

The same value for SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES should be used between
firmware and the operating system if you intend to use the NAND
device across the control hand-off.

In fact, the current denali.c code expects firmware to have already
set the SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES register, then reads the value out.

If no firmware (or bootloader) has initialized the controller, the
register value is zero, which is the default after power-on-reset.
In other words, the Linux driver cannot initialize the controller
by itself.

Some possible solutions are:

 [1] Add a DT property to specify the skipped bytes in OOB
 [2] Associate the preferred value with compatible
 [3] Hard-code the default value in the driver

My first attempt was [1], but in the review process, [3] was suggested
as a counter-implementation.
(https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/983055/)

The default value 8 was chosen to match to the boot ROM of the UniPhier
platform.  The preferred value may vary by platform.  If so, please
trade up to a different solution.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
2018-10-08 10:00:10 +02:00
arch mtd: rawnand: Move platform_nand_xxx definitions out of rawnand.h 2018-10-03 11:12:25 +02:00
block block: bsg: move atomic_t ref_count variable to refcount API 2018-08-27 19:17:02 -06:00
certs export.h: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() and VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR() 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
crypto DMAengine updates for v4.19-rc1 2018-08-18 15:55:59 -07:00
Documentation mtd: rawnand: Deprecate ->chip_delay 2018-10-03 11:12:25 +02:00
drivers mtd: rawnand: denali: set SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES register to 8 if unset 2018-10-08 10:00:10 +02:00
firmware
fs Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-02 09:41:45 -07:00
include mtd: rawnand: Allow selection of ECC byte ordering at runtime 2018-10-03 11:12:25 +02:00
init Kbuild updates for v4.19 (2nd) 2018-08-25 13:40:38 -07:00
ipc ipc/util.c: update return value of ipc_getref from int to bool 2018-08-22 10:52:52 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'smp-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-02 10:09:35 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-02 09:41:45 -07:00
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net Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-02 09:41:45 -07:00
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scripts Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-09-02 10:11:30 -07:00
security + Cleanups 2018-08-24 13:00:33 -07:00
sound Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2018-08-23 19:20:12 -07:00
tools Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-08-27 11:59:39 -07:00
usr initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
virt ARM: Support for Group0 interrupts in guests, Cache management 2018-08-22 13:52:44 -07:00
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Makefile Linux 4.19-rc2 2018-09-02 14:37:30 -07:00
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