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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
index 8beb0d0233b..a90fde3ede2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static int nand_davinci_correct_4bit(struct mtd_info *mtd,
u32 syndrome[4];
u32 ecc_state;
unsigned num_errors, corrected;
- unsigned long timeo = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(100);
+ unsigned long timeo;
/* All bytes 0xff? It's an erased page; ignore its ECC. */
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
@@ -372,9 +372,11 @@ compare:
* after setting the 4BITECC_ADD_CALC_START bit. So if you immediately
* begin trying to poll for the state, you may fall right out of your
* loop without any of the correction calculations having taken place.
- * The recommendation from the hardware team is to wait till ECC_STATE
- * reads less than 4, which means ECC HW has entered correction state.
+ * The recommendation from the hardware team is to initially delay as
+ * long as ECC_STATE reads less than 4. After that, ECC HW has entered
+ * correction state.
*/
+ timeo = jiffies + usecs_to_jiffies(100);
do {
ecc_state = (davinci_nand_readl(info,
NANDFSR_OFFSET) >> 8) & 0x0f;
@@ -733,6 +735,9 @@ static int __init nand_davinci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
* breaks userspace ioctl interface with mtd-utils. Once we
* resolve this issue, NAND_ECC_HW_OOB_FIRST mode can be used
* for the 4KiB page chips.
+ *
+ * TODO: Note that nand_ecclayout has now been expanded and can
+ * hold plenty of OOB entries.
*/
dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "no 4-bit ECC support yet "
"for 4KiB-page NAND\n");