From: LW@KARO-electronics.de (Lothar Waßmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCHv4 0/5] mtd: gpmi: make blockmark swapping optional
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:44:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140626124451.6014fde3@ipc1.ka-ro> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1402579245-13377-1-git-send-email-LW@KARO-electronics.de>
Hi,
Lothar Wa?mann wrote:
> With a flash-based BBT there is no reason to move the Factory Bad
> Block Marker from the data area buffer (to where it is mapped by the
> GPMI NAND controller) to the OOB buffer. Thus, make this feature
> configurable via DT. This is required for the Ka-Ro electronics
> i.MX6 platforms.
>
> Changes wrt. v2:
> - added a warning for i.MX28 to the binding documentation
> - fixed the gpmi_ecc_read_subpage() routine which turned on blockmark
> swapping unconditionally
> - use !GPMI_IS_MX23() in place of this->swap_block_mark (which were
> synonymous the original code) in gpmi_ecc_read_oob() and
> gpmi_block_markbad()
> - make nand-on-flash-bbt a prerequisite for this feature
>
> patch added:
> - add an additional option to turn of BB mark writing
>
> Changes wrt. v3:
> - added two code cleanup patches
> - added a patch to turn of NAND_BBT_CREATE, if blockmark swapping is disabled
>
>
any comments on this patchset?
Lothar Wa?mann
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-26 10:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-12 13:20 [PATCHv4 0/5] mtd: gpmi: make blockmark swapping optional Lothar Waßmann
2014-06-12 13:20 ` [PATCHv4 1/5] mtd: gpmi: remove useless (void *) type casts and spaces between type casts and variables Lothar Waßmann
2014-06-12 13:20 ` [PATCHv4 2/5] mtd: gpmi: remove line breaks from error messages and improve wording Lothar Waßmann
2014-06-12 13:20 ` [PATCHv4 3/5] mtd: gpmi: make blockmark swapping optional Lothar Waßmann
2014-06-12 13:20 ` [PATCHv4 4/5] of/mtd/nand: add generic binding and helper for NAND_BBT_NO_OOB_BBM Lothar Waßmann
2014-06-12 13:20 ` [PATCHv4 5/5] mtd: gpmi: prevent creating a new BBT when blockmark swapping is disabled Lothar Waßmann
2014-07-28 5:29 ` Brian Norris
2014-07-29 6:31 ` Lothar Waßmann
2014-07-24 2:06 ` [PATCHv4 4/5] of/mtd/nand: add generic binding and helper for NAND_BBT_NO_OOB_BBM Brian Norris
2014-07-24 6:49 ` Lothar Waßmann
2014-07-24 7:47 ` Brian Norris
2014-06-26 10:44 ` Lothar Waßmann [this message]
2014-07-28 5:31 ` [PATCHv4 0/5] mtd: gpmi: make blockmark swapping optional Brian Norris
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