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mtd: update the ABI document about the ecc step size
authorHuang Shijie <b32955@freescale.com>
Fri, 16 Aug 2013 02:10:09 +0000 (10:10 +0800)
committerDavid Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:38:45 +0000 (21:38 +0100)
We add a new sys node for ecc step size. So update the ABI document about it.

Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <b32955@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>
[Brian: edited description, modified 'ecc_strength']
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd

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@@ -128,9 +128,8 @@ KernelVersion:      3.4
 Contact:       linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
 Description:
                Maximum number of bit errors that the device is capable of
-               correcting within each region covering an ecc step.  This will
-               always be a non-negative integer.  Note that some devices will
-               have multiple ecc steps within each writesize region.
+               correcting within each region covering an ECC step (see
+               ecc_step_size).  This will always be a non-negative integer.
 
                In the case of devices lacking any ECC capability, it is 0.
 
@@ -173,3 +172,15 @@ Description:
                This is generally applicable only to NAND flash devices with ECC
                capability.  It is ignored on devices lacking ECC capability;
                i.e., devices for which ecc_strength is zero.
+
+What:          /sys/class/mtd/mtdX/ecc_step_size
+Date:          May 2013
+KernelVersion: 3.10
+Contact:       linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
+Description:
+               The size of a single region covered by ECC, known as the ECC
+               step.  Devices may have several equally sized ECC steps within
+               each writesize region.
+
+               It will always be a non-negative integer.  In the case of
+               devices lacking any ECC capability, it is 0.