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    mtd: nand: add core support for on-die ECC · 785818fa
    Thomas Petazzoni authored
    A number of NAND flashes have a capability called "on-die ECC" where the
    NAND chip itself is capable of detecting and correcting errors.
    
    Linux already has support for using the ECC implementation of the NAND
    controller, or a software based ECC implementation, but not for using
    the ECC implementation of the NAND controller. However, such an
    implementation is sometimes useful in situations where the NAND
    controller provides ECC algorithms that are not strong enough for the
    NAND chip used on the system. A typical case is a NAND chip that
    requires a 4-bit ECC, while the NAND controller only provides a 1-bit
    ECC algorithm.
    
    This commit introduces the support for the NAND_ECC_ON_DIE ECC mode:
    
     - Parsing of the "on-die" value for the "nand-ecc-mode" Device Tree
       property
    
     - Handling NAND_ECC_ON_DIE case in nand_scan_tail(). The idea is that
       the vendor specific code for the NAND chip must implement
       ->read_page() and ->write_page(). It may optionally provide its own
       ->read_page_raw() and ->write_page_raw() as well. For OOB operation,
       we assume the standard operations are good enough, but they can be
       overridden by the vendor specific code if needed.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarRichard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBoris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>
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