Re: [RFC PATCH v1 2/2] mtd: rawnand: meson: support for 512B ECC step size

[Miquel Raynal]

Hi Arseniy,

avkrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on Tue, 4 Jul 2023 18:07:04 +0300:

> On 04.07.2023 16:41, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > Hi Arseniy,
> >   
> >>>>>> Yes, this code looks strange. 'nsectors' is used to calculate space in OOB
> >>>>>> that could be used by ECC engine (this value will be passed as 'oobavail'
> >>>>>> to 'nand_ecc_choose_conf()'). Idea of 512 is to consider "worst" case
> >>>>>> for ECC, e.g. minimal number of bytes for ECC engine (and at the same time
> >>>>>> maximum number of free bytes). For Meson, if ECC step size is 512, then we
> >>>>>> have 4 x 2 free bytes in OOB (if step size if 1024 then we have 2 x 2 free
> >>>>>> bytes in OOB).
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I think this code could be reworked in the following way:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> if ECC step size is already known here (from DTS), calculate 'nsectors' using
> >>>>>> given value (div by 512 for example). Otherwise calculate 'nsectors' in the
> >>>>>> current manner:      
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It will always be known when these function are run. There is no
> >>>>> guessing here.      
> >>>>
> >>>> Hm I checked, that but if step size is not set in DTS, here it will be 0, 
> >>>> then it will be selected in 'nand_ecc_choose_conf()' according provided 'ecc_caps'
> >>>> and 'oobavail'...
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyway, I'll do the following thing:
> >>>>
> >>>> int nsectors;
> >>>>
> >>>> if (nand->ecc.size)
> >>>>     nsectors = mtd->writesize / nand->ecc.size; <--- this is for 512 ECC    
> >>>
> >>> You should set nand->ecc.size in ->attach_chip() instead.    
> >>
> >> Sorry, didn't get it... if ECC step size is set in DTS, then here, in chip attach
> >> callback it will be already known (DT part was processed in 'rawnand_dt_init()').
> >> If ECC step size is unknown (e.g. 0 here), 'nand_ecc_choose_conf()' will set it
> >> according provided ecc caps. What do You mean for "You should set ..." ?  
> > 
> > The current approach is wrong, it decides the number of ECC chunks
> > (called nsectors in the driver) and then asks the core to decide the
> > number of ECC chunks to use.  
> 
> Yes! I was also confused about that.
> 
> > 
> > Just provide mtd->oobsize - 2 as last parameter and then rely on the
> > core's logic to find the right ECC step-size/strength?
> > 
> > There is no point in requesting a particular step size without a
> > specific strength, or? So I believe you should provide both in the DTS
> > if you want particular parameters to be applied, otherwise you can let
> > the core decide what is best.  
> 
> So I think this could be a separated patch as it doesn't rely on 512 step size ECC
> support for Meson and may be it should be "Fix" tagged.

Yup! Thanks for cleaning so thoroughly this driver :)

Cheers,
Miquèl