Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.gen...@gmail.com> --- include/mtd/ubi-user.h | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h index 123951f..32771cf 100644 --- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h +++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h @@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ enum { * @ubi_num: UBI device number to create * @mtd_num: MTD device number to attach * @vid_hdr_offset: VID header offset (use defaults if %0) + * @max_beb_per1024: Maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed * * This data structure is used to specify MTD device UBI has to attach and the @@ -245,12 +246,28 @@ enum { * be 2KiB-64 bytes = 1984. Note, that this position is not even 512-bytes * aligned, which is OK, as UBI is clever enough to realize this is 4th * sub-page of the first page and add needed padding. + * + * The @max_beb_per1024 is the maximum bad eraseblocks UBI expects on the ubi + * device per 1024 eraseblocks. + * This value is often given in an other form in the NAND datasheet (min NVB + * i.e. minimal number of valid blocks). The maximum expected bad eraseblocks + * per 1024 is then: + * 1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB) + * Which gives 20 for most NAND devices. + * This limit is used in order to derive amount of eraseblock UBI reserves for + * handling new bad blocks. + * If the device has more bad eraseblocks than this limit, UBI does not reserve + * any physical eraseblocks for new bad eraseblocks, but attempts to use + * available eraseblocks (if any). + * The accepted range is 0-255. If 0 is given, the default kernel config value + * CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT will be used for compatibility. */ struct ubi_attach_req { __s32 ubi_num; __s32 mtd_num; __s32 vid_hdr_offset; - __s8 padding[12]; + __u8 max_beb_per1024; + __s8 padding[11]; }; /** -- 1.7.2.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/