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++) {
* 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;
* 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");