On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 1:11 PM, Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wrote:
This allows specifying algorithm used for NAND ECC. There are two
available values: "bch" and "hamming". It's important as having just
ECC parameters (step, strength) isn't enough to determine algorithm,
e.g. you can't distinct BCH-1 and Hamming.

Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>

 Reviewed-byKamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@gmail.com>

Thanks Rafal
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt |  3 +++
 drivers/of/of_mtd.c                            | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/mtd/nand.h                       |  5 ++++
 include/linux/of_mtd.h                         |  6 +++++
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
index b53f92e..a2c2df5 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 - nand-ecc-mode : String, operation mode of the NAND ecc mode.
   Supported values are: "none", "soft", "hw", "hw_syndrome", "hw_oob_first",
   "soft_bch".
+- nand-ecc-algo : string, algorithm of NAND ecc.
+                 Supported values are: "bch", "hamming". The default one is
+                 "bch".
 - nand-bus-width : 8 or 16 bus width if not present 8
 - nand-on-flash-bbt: boolean to enable on flash bbt option if not present false

diff --git a/drivers/of/of_mtd.c b/drivers/of/of_mtd.c
index b7361ed..f2a6630 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_mtd.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_mtd.c
@@ -50,6 +50,39 @@ int of_get_nand_ecc_mode(struct device_node *np)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_nand_ecc_mode);

 /**
+ * It maps 'enum nand_ecc_algo' found in include/linux/mtd/nand.h into the
+ * device tree binding of 'nand-ecc-algo'.
+ */
+static const char * const nand_ecc_algos[] = {
+       [NAND_ECC_BCH]          = "bch",
+       [NAND_ECC_HAMMING]      = "hamming",
+};
+
+/**
+ * of_get_nand_ecc_algo - Get nand ecc algorithm for given device_node
+ * @np:        Pointer to the given device_node
+ *
+ * The function gets ecc algorithm string from property 'nand-ecc-algo' and
+ * returns its index in nand_ecc_algos table, or errno in error case.
+ */
+int of_get_nand_ecc_algo(struct device_node *np)
+{
+       const char *pm;
+       int err, i;
+
+       err = of_property_read_string(np, "nand-ecc-algo", &pm);
+       if (err < 0)
+               return err;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(nand_ecc_algos); i++)
+               if (!strcasecmp(pm, nand_ecc_algos[i]))
+                       return i;
+
+       return -ENODEV;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_get_nand_ecc_algo);
+
+/**
  * of_get_nand_ecc_step_size - Get ECC step size associated to
  * the required ECC strength (see below).
  * @np:        Pointer to the given device_node
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
index 7604f4b..25854d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ typedef enum {
        NAND_ECC_SOFT_BCH,
 } nand_ecc_modes_t;

+enum nand_ecc_algo {
+       NAND_ECC_BCH,
+       NAND_ECC_HAMMING,
+};
+
 /*
  * Constants for Hardware ECC
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/of_mtd.h b/include/linux/of_mtd.h
index e266caa..0f6aca5 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_mtd.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@

 #include <linux/of.h>
 int of_get_nand_ecc_mode(struct device_node *np);
+int of_get_nand_ecc_algo(struct device_node *np);
 int of_get_nand_ecc_step_size(struct device_node *np);
 int of_get_nand_ecc_strength(struct device_node *np);
 int of_get_nand_bus_width(struct device_node *np);
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ static inline int of_get_nand_ecc_mode(struct device_node *np)
        return -ENOSYS;
 }

+static inline int of_get_nand_ecc_algo(struct device_node *np)
+{
+       return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
 static inline int of_get_nand_ecc_step_size(struct device_node *np)
 {
        return -ENOSYS;
--
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