Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: Do not check for bad block if bbt is unavailable

[Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>]

On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 09:13:36AM +0100, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Manivannan,
> 
> Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org> wrote on Wed,
> 03 Feb 2021 17:11:31 +0530:
> 
> > On 3 February 2021 4:54:22 PM IST, Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com> wrote:
> > >On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:22:42 +0530
> > >Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org> wrote:
> > >  
> > >> On 3 February 2021 3:49:14 PM IST, Boris Brezillon  
> > ><boris.brezillon@collabora.com> wrote:  
> > >> >On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:42:02 +0530
> > >> >Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org> wrote:
> > >> >    
> > >> >> >> 
> > >> >> >> I got more information from the vendor, Telit. The access to  
> > >the    
> > >> >3rd      
> > >> >> >partition is protected by Trustzone and any access in non  
> > >privileged  
> > >> >> >mode (where Linux kernel runs) causes kernel panic and the device
> > >> >> >reboots.     
> > >> >
> > >> >Out of curiosity, is it a per-CS-line thing or is this section
> > >> >protected on all CS?
> > >> >    
> > >> 
> > >> Sorry, I didn't get your question.   
> > >
> > >The qcom controller can handle several chips, each connected through a
> > >different CS (chip-select) line, right? I'm wondering if the firmware
> > >running in secure mode has the ability to block access for a specific
> > >CS line or if all CS lines have the same constraint. That will impact
> > >the way you describe it in your DT (in one case the secure-region
> > >property should be under the controller node, in the other case it
> > >should be under the NAND chip node).  
> > 
> > Right. I believe the implementation is common to all NAND chips so the property should be in the controller node. 
> 
> Looks weird: do you mean that each of the chips will have a secure area?

I way I said is, the "secure-region" property will be present in the controller
node and not in the NAND chip node since this is not related to the device
functionality.

But for referencing the NAND device, the property can have the phandle as below:

secure-region = <&nand0 0xffff>;

Thanks,
Mani