Re: [PATCH v6 0/7] mtd: rawnand: Support bad block markers in first, second or last page

[Miquel Raynal]

Hi Schrempf,

Schrempf Frieder <frieder.schrempf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Wed, 17 Apr
2019 12:36:33 +0000:

> From: Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Currently supported bad block marker positions within the block are:
> * in first page only
> * in last page only
> * in first or second page
> 
> After some cleanup and preparation in patches 1 to 4 we make it
> possible to set NAND_BBM_FIRSTPAGE, NAND_BBM_SECONDPAGE and
> NAND_BBM_LASTPAGE independently of each other (patch 5).
> 
> Some ESMT NANDs are known to have been shipped by the manufacturer
> with bad block markers in the first or last page, instead of the
> first or second page.
> 
> Also the datasheets for Cypress/Spansion/AMD NANDs claim that the
> first, second *and* last page needs to be checked.
> 
> Therefore in patch 6 and 7 we set all three flags for
> AMD/Spansion/Cypress and ESMT chips.
> ---
> Changes in v6:
> ==============
> * None (v5 was missing some of the mentioned fixes)
> 
> Changes in v5:
> ==============
> * Rebase onto current nand/next
> * Fix nand_bbm_get_next_page() docs
> * Use inclusive values for start page in nand_bbm_get_next_page()
> * Return -EINVAL from nand_bbm_get_next_page() when no more pages are available
> * Improve code style in nand_block_bad()
> * Add parentheses in scan_block_fast() and nand_default_block_markbad()
> * Unsign badblockpos field in struct nand_chip and struct onenand_chip
> * Add R-b tags
> 
> Changes in v4:
> ==============
> * Move onenand changes to separate patch
> * Add missing badblockpos field to onenand_chip struct
> * Move cleanup of badblockpos field and flags to separate patch
> * Move assignemnt of badblockpos from onenand_bbt.c to onenand_base.c
> * Fix incorrect usage of bbt_options in nand_bbt.c
> * Add R-b tags
> 
> Changes in v3:
> ==============
> * Fix bit offsets for new flags in nand_chip->options
> * Move separation of flags for first and second page markers to a
>   separate patch
> * Fix cover letter
> * Fix S-o-b tag
> * Add R-b tags
> 
> Changes in v2:
> ==============
> * Rebase on 5.0-rc1
> * Add patch to move bad block marker position info to a common place and
>   rename/prepare existing flags
> * improve/rename function nand_bbm_get_next_page() to use new flags
> ---
> Frieder Schrempf (7):
>   mtd: rawnand: Always store info about bad block markers in chip struct
>   mtd: onenand: Store bad block marker position in chip struct
>   mtd: nand: Cleanup flags and fields for bad block marker position
>   mtd: nand: Make flags for bad block marker position more granular
>   mtd: rawnand: Support bad block markers in first, second or last page
>   mtd: rawnand: ESMT: Also use the last page for bad block markers
>   mtd: rawnand: AMD: Also use the last page for bad block markers
> 
>  drivers/mtd/nand/onenand/onenand_base.c |  5 +-
>  drivers/mtd/nand/onenand/onenand_bbt.c  |  3 --
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/internals.h        |  1 +
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_amd.c         |  8 ++-
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c        | 65 +++++++++++++++++--------
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_bbt.c         | 28 +++++------
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_esmt.c        |  9 +++-
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_hynix.c       |  4 +-
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_macronix.c    |  2 +-
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_micron.c      |  2 +-
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_samsung.c     |  4 +-
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_toshiba.c     |  2 +-
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sh_flctl.c         |  4 +-
>  include/linux/mtd/bbm.h                 | 14 +-----
>  include/linux/mtd/onenand.h             |  3 ++
>  include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h             | 17 ++++++-
>  16 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
> 

Series applied to 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtd/linux.git 
branch nand/next.

Thanks,
MiquÃl