linux/drivers/mtd
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
..
chips NAND core changes: 2018-08-11 12:15:19 +02:00
devices spi: Updates for v4.19 2018-08-14 12:01:08 -07:00
lpddr mtd: lpddr: use mtd_device_register() 2018-07-24 07:50:22 +02:00
maps mtd/maps: fix solutionengine.c printk format warnings 2018-07-24 22:43:10 +02:00
nand mtd: rawnand: denali: set SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES register to 8 if unset 2018-10-08 10:00:10 +02:00
parsers mtd: parsers: trx: add of_match_table with the new DT binding 2018-07-07 10:51:00 +02:00
spi-nor JFFS2 changes: 2018-08-14 10:57:44 -07:00
tests mtd: rawnand: Allow selection of ECC byte ordering at runtime 2018-10-03 11:12:25 +02:00
ubi ubi: expose the volume CRC check skip flag 2018-08-15 00:25:21 +02:00
afs.c
ar7part.c treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
bcm47xxpart.c treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
bcm63xxpart.c
cmdlinepart.c mtd: cmdlinepart: Update comment for introduction of OFFSET_CONTINUOUS 2018-05-23 10:08:48 +02:00
ftl.c treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
inftlcore.c
inftlmount.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
Kconfig mtd: Make Kconfig formatting consistent 2018-07-19 23:12:06 +02:00
Makefile mtd: Move onenand code base to drivers/mtd/nand/onenand 2018-03-15 15:40:37 +01:00
mtd_blkdevs.c mtd_blkdevs: handle highmem pages 2018-05-11 15:07:58 -06:00
mtdblock_ro.c
mtdblock.c mtd: Unconditionally update ->fail_addr and ->addr in part_erase() 2018-03-15 18:22:26 +01:00
mtdchar.c mtdchar: fix overflows in adjustment of count 2018-07-18 16:46:38 +02:00
mtdconcat.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
mtdcore.c mtd: Fallback to ->_read/write() when ->_read/write_oob() is missing 2018-07-18 16:44:03 +02:00
mtdcore.h mtd: move code adding (registering) partitions to the parse_mtd_partitions() 2018-05-07 10:10:47 +02:00
mtdoops.c treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
mtdpart.c mtd: partitions: use DT info for parsing partitions with "compatible" prop 2018-07-24 23:04:27 +02:00
mtdsuper.c Rename superblock flags (MS_xyz -> SB_xyz) 2017-11-27 13:05:09 -08:00
mtdswap.c treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
nftlcore.c
nftlmount.c mtd: nftl: remove redundant variable nb_erases 2018-07-07 10:55:05 +02:00
ofpart.c treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
redboot.c
rfd_ftl.c treewide: Use array_size() in vmalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
sm_ftl.c mtd: rawnand: Allow selection of ECC byte ordering at runtime 2018-10-03 11:12:25 +02:00
sm_ftl.h mtd: Stop assuming mtd_erase() is asynchronous 2018-03-15 18:21:07 +01:00
ssfdc.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00