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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-10 17:39:51 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-10 17:39:51 -0700
commit35ff96dfd3c9aaa921b3e8dcac76b7697f2dcec0 (patch)
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parent97d2116708ca0fd6ad8b00811ee4349b7e19e96f (diff)
parent69db4aa44fdd8befc2eccd1313d841c5128c385c (diff)
Merge tag 'for-linus-20161008' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd
Pull MTD updates from Brian Norris: "I've not been very active this cycle, so these are mostly from Boris, for the NAND flash subsystem. NAND: - Add the infrastructure to automate NAND timings configuration - Provide a generic DT property to maximize ECC strength - Some refactoring in the core bad block table handling, to help with improving some of the logic in error cases. - Minor cleanups and fixes MTD: - Add APIs for handling page pairing; this is necessary for reliably supporting MLC and TLC NAND flash, where paired-page disturbance affects reliability. Upper layers (e.g., UBI) should make use of these in the near future" * tag 'for-linus-20161008' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd: (35 commits) mtd: nand: fix trivial spelling error mtdpart: Propagate _get/put_device() mtd: nand: Provide nand_cleanup() function to free NAND related resources mtd: Kill the OF_MTD Kconfig option mtd: nand: mxc: Test CONFIG_OF instead of CONFIG_OF_MTD mtd: nand: Fix nand_command_lp() for 8bits opcodes mtd: nand: sunxi: Support ECC maximization mtd: nand: Support maximizing ECC when using software BCH mtd: nand: Add an option to maximize the ECC strength mtd: nand: mxc: Add timing setup for v2 controllers mtd: nand: mxc: implement onfi get/set features mtd: nand: sunxi: switch from manual to automated timing config mtd: nand: automate NAND timings selection mtd: nand: Expose data interface for ONFI mode 0 mtd: nand: Add function to convert ONFI mode to data_interface mtd: nand: convert ONFI mode into data interface mtd: nand: Introduce nand_data_interface mtd: nand: Create a NAND reset function mtd: nand: remove unnecessary 'extern' from function declarations MAINTAINERS: Add maintainer entry for Ingenic JZ4780 NAND driver ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
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--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
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@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ Optional NAND chip properties:
- nand-ecc-step-size: integer representing the number of data bytes
that are covered by a single ECC step.
+- nand-ecc-maximize: boolean used to specify that you want to maximize ECC
+ strength. The maximum ECC strength is both controller and
+ chip dependent. The controller side has to select the ECC
+ config providing the best strength and taking the OOB area
+ size constraint into account.
+ This is particularly useful when only the in-band area is
+ used by the upper layers, and you want to make your NAND
+ as reliable as possible.
+
The ECC strength and ECC step size properties define the correction capability
of a controller. Together, they say a controller can correct "{strength} bit
errors per {size} bytes".