Re: [PATCH] ARM: OMAP2+: Fix onenand initialization to avoid filesystem corruption

From: Tony Lindgren
Date: Mon Feb 22 2016 - 11:10:08 EST


* Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@xxxxxxxxx> [160221 10:14]:
> Hi,
>
> On 11.02.2016 02:12, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >
> >Also.. There's a chance somebody has created a onenand file system
> >with recent mainline kernels that did the reset and disabled ECC.
> >So with Ivaylo's patch fixing that, those may not mount properly
> >any longer. Most likely people just keep their maemo rootfs there
> >though with the MMC being available.
>
> I guess this is possible, but what worries me more is that the longer the
> patch is not pushed, the higher the chance somebody to end-up with broken
> rootfs. Wouldn't it be better to push it, thus preventing that happening?

Will apply today into omap-for-v4.5/fixes with Aaro's ack. Note that
Aaro found also two other error causing issues with the onenand
driver, so it seems the onenand driver has been broken for years in
the mainline kernel..

> BTW the differences for N9/50 come from ONENAND_SYS_CFG1_HF bit and
> ONENAND_SYS_CFG1_BRL_6 vs ONENAND_SYS_CFG1_BRL_4. Both are changed (later in
> the code) anyway, so I guess it is safe to reset them to default values.

Yes I think we're better off having things fully configured by the
kernel in the long run.

> Or, maybe the correct fix is to issue RESET command to onenand controller
> after GPMC reset? RESET command is supposed to put all the bits to their
> default values.

Something like that could be added if needed.

Regards,

Tony