Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: nand: Create a BBT flag to access bad block markers in raw mode

2015-11-09 Thread Archit Taneja
Hi, On 10/12/2015 01:33 AM, Brian Norris wrote: Hi Boris, On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 08:27:38AM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote: Brian, Archit, On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:44:34 -0700 Brian Norris wrote: On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:19:02AM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote: Some controllers can access the

Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: nand: Create a BBT flag to access bad block markers in raw mode

2015-11-09 Thread Archit Taneja
Hi, On 10/12/2015 01:33 AM, Brian Norris wrote: Hi Boris, On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 08:27:38AM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote: Brian, Archit, On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:44:34 -0700 Brian Norris wrote: On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:19:02AM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote: Some

Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: nand: Create a BBT flag to access bad block markers in raw mode

2015-10-11 Thread Brian Norris
Hi Boris, On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 08:27:38AM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote: > Brian, Archit, > > On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:44:34 -0700 > Brian Norris wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:19:02AM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote: > > > Some controllers can access the factory bad block marker from OOB

Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: nand: Create a BBT flag to access bad block markers in raw mode

2015-10-11 Thread Brian Norris
Hi Boris, On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 08:27:38AM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote: > Brian, Archit, > > On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:44:34 -0700 > Brian Norris wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:19:02AM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote: > > > Some controllers can access the

Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: nand: Create a BBT flag to access bad block markers in raw mode

2015-10-02 Thread Boris Brezillon
Brian, Archit, On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:44:34 -0700 Brian Norris wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:19:02AM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote: > > Some controllers can access the factory bad block marker from OOB only > > when they read it in raw mode. When ECC is enabled, these controllers > > discard

Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: nand: Create a BBT flag to access bad block markers in raw mode

2015-10-02 Thread Boris Brezillon
Brian, Archit, On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:44:34 -0700 Brian Norris wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:19:02AM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote: > > Some controllers can access the factory bad block marker from OOB only > > when they read it in raw mode. When ECC is enabled,

Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: nand: Create a BBT flag to access bad block markers in raw mode

2015-10-01 Thread Brian Norris
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:19:02AM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote: > Some controllers can access the factory bad block marker from OOB only > when they read it in raw mode. When ECC is enabled, these controllers > discard reading/writing bad block markers, preventing access to them > altogether. > >

Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: nand: Create a BBT flag to access bad block markers in raw mode

2015-10-01 Thread Brian Norris
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:19:02AM +0530, Archit Taneja wrote: > Some controllers can access the factory bad block marker from OOB only > when they read it in raw mode. When ECC is enabled, these controllers > discard reading/writing bad block markers, preventing access to them > altogether. > >

[PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: nand: Create a BBT flag to access bad block markers in raw mode

2015-08-18 Thread Archit Taneja
Some controllers can access the factory bad block marker from OOB only when they read it in raw mode. When ECC is enabled, these controllers discard reading/writing bad block markers, preventing access to them altogether. The bbt driver assumes MTD_OPS_PLACE_OOB when scanning for bad blocks. This

[PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: nand: Create a BBT flag to access bad block markers in raw mode

2015-08-18 Thread Archit Taneja
Some controllers can access the factory bad block marker from OOB only when they read it in raw mode. When ECC is enabled, these controllers discard reading/writing bad block markers, preventing access to them altogether. The bbt driver assumes MTD_OPS_PLACE_OOB when scanning for bad blocks. This