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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-25 12:25:48 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-04-25 12:25:48 -0700 |
commit | 7e97b28309edc5669ced2bb1371704e8f8d084e3 (patch) | |
tree | 9605694b00b4233a730ad86ea6d395cf59efc905 /Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/NAND.txt | |
parent | 5421d059068341b3f21df1a21c2ba9175e55ebef (diff) | |
parent | 3887ed5231fb6f339f36c3a0297c996cd1a1dad9 (diff) |
Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6
* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (82 commits)
[MTD] m25p80: Add Support for ATMEL AT25DF641 64-Megabit SPI Flash
[MTD] m25p80: add FAST_READ access support to M25Pxx
[MTD] [NAND] bf5xx_nand: Avoid crash if bfin_mac is installed.
[MTD] [NAND] at91_nand: control NCE signal
[MTD] [NAND] AT91 hardware ECC compile fix for at91sam9263 / at91sam9260
[MTD] [NAND] Hardware ECC controller on at91sam9263 / at91sam9260
[JFFS2] Introduce dbg_readinode2 log level, use it to shut read_dnode() up
[JFFS2] Fix jffs2_reserve_space() when all blocks are pending erasure.
[JFFS2] Add erase_checking_list to hold blocks being marked.
UBI: add a message
[JFFS2] Return values of jffs2_block_check_erase error paths
[MTD] Clean up AR7 partition map support
[MTD] [NOR] Fix Intel CFI driver for collie flash
[JFFS2] Finally remove redundant ref->__totlen field.
[JFFS2] Honour TEST_TOTLEN macro in debugging code. ref->__totlen is going!
[JFFS2] Add paranoia debugging for superblock counts
[JFFS2] Fix free space leak with in-band cleanmarkers
[JFFS2] Self-sufficient #includes in jffs2_fs_i.h: include <linux/mutex.h>
[MTD] [NAND] Verify probe by retrying to checking the results match
[MTD] [NAND] S3C2410 Allow ECC disable to be specified by the board
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/NAND.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/NAND.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bc478a3409b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/NAND.txt @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ + S3C24XX NAND Support + ==================== + +Introduction +------------ + +Small Page NAND +--------------- + +The driver uses a 512 byte (1 page) ECC code for this setup. The +ECC code is not directly compatible with the default kernel ECC +code, so the driver enforces its own OOB layout and ECC parameters + +Large Page NAND +--------------- + +The driver is capable of handling NAND flash with a 2KiB page +size, with support for hardware ECC generation and correction. + +Unlike the 512byte page mode, the driver generates ECC data for +each 256 byte block in an 2KiB page. This means that more than +one error in a page can be rectified. It also means that the +OOB layout remains the default kernel layout for these flashes. + + +Document Author +--------------- + +Ben Dooks, Copyright 2007 Simtec Electronics + |