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From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
To: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com>
Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
	richard@nod.at, vigneshr@ti.com, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	bjorn.andersson@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: Do not check for bad block if bbt is unavailable
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:22:42 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8A2468D5-B435-4923-BA4F-7BF7CC0FF207@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210203111914.1c2f68f6@collabora.com>



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. 

>> >
>> >Ok, so this is not a chip feature but more a host constraint.
>> >
>> >In this case it would be a good idea to add a host DT property which
>> >describes the zone to avoid accessing it. Something like:
>> >
>> >	secure-area/secure-section = <start length>;
>> >
>> >From the core perspective, we should parse this property early
>enough
>> >and return -EIO when trying to access this area.
>
>FWIW, I'm not sure making it part of the core is a good idea, at least
>not until we have a different platform with a same needs. The
>controller driver can parse it and return -EACCESS (or -EIO) when this
>section is accessed.

Fine with me. 

Thanks, 
Mani

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-03 10:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-30  3:54 [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: Do not check for bad block if bbt is unavailable Manivannan Sadhasivam
2021-02-01 14:18 ` Miquel Raynal
2021-02-02  4:16   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2021-02-02  8:14     ` Miquel Raynal
2021-02-03  9:58       ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2021-02-03 10:05         ` Miquel Raynal
2021-02-03 10:12           ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2021-02-03 10:19             ` Boris Brezillon
2021-02-03 10:52               ` Manivannan Sadhasivam [this message]
2021-02-03 11:24                 ` Boris Brezillon
2021-02-03 11:41                   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2021-02-04  8:13                     ` Miquel Raynal
2021-02-04  8:52                       ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2021-02-04  8:59                         ` Boris Brezillon
2021-02-04  9:04                           ` Miquel Raynal
2021-02-04  9:27                             ` Boris Brezillon
2021-02-04  9:31                               ` Miquel Raynal
2021-02-04  8:59                         ` Miquel Raynal

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