From 8dd49165ef5f46b5ad9ba296c559ccff315f9421 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ezequiel Garcia Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:24:49 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] mtd: nand: Add a devicetree binding for ECC strength and ECC step size Some flashes can only be properly accessed when the ECC mode is specified, so a way to describe such mode is required. Together, the ECC strength and step size define the correction capability, so that we say we will correct "{strength} bit errors per {size} bytes". The interpretation of these parameters is implementation-defined, but they often have ramifications on the formation, interpretation, and placement of correction metadata on the flash. Not all implementations must support all possible combinations. Implementations are encouraged to further define the value(s) they support. Acked-by: Boris BREZILLON Acked-by: Grant Likely Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia Signed-off-by: Brian Norris --- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt index 03855c8c492a..b53f92e252d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt @@ -5,3 +5,17 @@ "soft_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 + +- nand-ecc-strength: integer representing the number of bits to correct + per ECC step. + +- nand-ecc-step-size: integer representing the number of data bytes + that are covered by a single ECC step. + +The ECC strength and ECC step size properties define the correction capability +of a controller. Together, they say a controller can correct "{strength} bit +errors per {size} bytes". + +The interpretation of these parameters is implementation-defined, so not all +implementations must support all possible combinations. However, implementations +are encouraged to further specify the value(s) they support. -- 2.39.5