Hi Miquel,
> -----Original Message----- > From: Miquel Raynal [mailto:miquel.ray...@bootlin.com] > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 2:58 PM > To: Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagas...@xilinx.com> > Cc: r...@kernel.org; marek.va...@gmail.com; rich...@nod.at; > martin.lund@keep-it- > simple.com; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Boris Brezillon > <boris.brezil...@bootlin.com>; > linux-...@lists.infradead.org; nagasures...@gmail.com; Michal Simek > <mich...@xilinx.com>; computersforpe...@gmail.com; dw...@infradead.org > Subject: Re: [LINUX PATCH v12 3/3] mtd: rawnand: arasan: Add support for > Arasan > NAND Flash Controller > > Hi Naga, > > Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagas...@xilinx.com> wrote on Mon, 28 Jan 2019 > 06:04:53 +0000: > > > Hi Boris & Miquel, > > > > Could you please provide your thoughts on this driver to support HW-ECC? > > As I said previously, there is no way to detect errors beyond N bit. > > I am ok to update the driver based on your inputs. > > We won't support the ECC engine. It simply cannot be used reliably. > > I am working on a generic ECC engine object. It's gonna take a few months > until it gets > merged but after that you could update the controller driver to drop any > ECC-related > function. Although the ECC engine part is blocking, raw access still look > wrong and the > driver still needs changes. Thank you for the update. Yes, currently ECC engine part is blocking. Also whenever you have time, please provide your comments to the driver v12 patch. I will update those. Thanks, Naga Sureshkumar Relli > > > Thanks, > Miquèl
