Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: marvell: fix command xtype in BCH write hook

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Hi Chris,

On Fri, 4 May 2018 00:06:48 +0000, Chris Packham
<Chris.Packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Miquel,
> 
> On 03/05/18 22:00, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > One layout supported by the Marvell NAND controller supports NAND pages
> > of 2048 bytes, all handled in one single chunk when using BCH with a
> > strength of 4-bit per 512 bytes. In this case, instead of the generic
> > XTYPE_WRITE_DISPATCH/XTYPE_LAST_NAKED_RW couple, the controller expects
> > to receive XTYPE_MONOLITHIC_RW.
> > 
> > This fixes problems at boot like:
> > 
> > [    1.315475] Scanning device for bad blocks
> > [    3.203108] marvell-nfc f10d0000.flash: Timeout waiting for RB signal
> > [    3.209564] nand_bbt: error while writing BBT block -110
> > [    4.243106] marvell-nfc f10d0000.flash: Timeout waiting for RB signal
> > [    5.283106] marvell-nfc f10d0000.flash: Timeout waiting for RB signal
> > [    5.289562] nand_bbt: error -110 while marking block 2047 bad
> > [    6.323106] marvell-nfc f10d0000.flash: Timeout waiting for RB signal
> > [    6.329559] nand_bbt: error while writing BBT block -110
> > [    7.363106] marvell-nfc f10d0000.flash: Timeout waiting for RB signal
> > [    8.403105] marvell-nfc f10d0000.flash: Timeout waiting for RB signal
> > [    8.409559] nand_bbt: error -110 while marking block 2046 bad
> > ...
> > 
> > Fixes: 02f26ecf8c772 ("mtd: nand: add reworked Marvell NAND controller driver")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>  
> 
> For the following combinations
> 
> SoC             NAND                    Size     EB      Page OOB
> ---             ----                    ----     --      ---- ---
> Armada-385      Micron MT29F8G08ABACAWP 1024 MiB 256 KiB 4096 224
> Armada-385      Micron MT29F2G08ABAEAWP 256 MiB  128 KiB 2048 64
> Armada-385      Macronix MX30LF2G18AC   256 MiB  128 KiB 2048 64
> Armada-98DX4251 AMD/Spansion S34ML08G2  1024 MiB 128 KiB 2048 128
> Armada-98DX4251 Macronix MX60LF8G18AC   1024 MiB 128 KiB 2048 64
> Armada-98DX4251 Micron MT29F8G08ABABAWP 1024 MiB 512 KiB 4096 224
> 
> Tested-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you very much for testing all this!

> 
> I do have one platform that passes the initial detection but starts to 
> report ubifs errors when mounted.
> 
> Armada-98DX4251 Micron MT29F8G08ABACAWP 1024 MiB 256 KiB 4096 224
> 
> This is probably unrelated to this particular fix. It may be as simple 
> as something not catering for the Armada-98DX4251 SoC or a genuine 
> difference between Armada-98DX4251 and Armada-385. 4.16.4 with 
> pxa3xx_nand works with this combination.

Can you please share more details: the device tree (at least the NAND
node), the strength requested, the boot log, the errors?

Are you sure Linux ECC configuration is aligned with the bootloader's?

Thanks,
Miquèl


-- 
Miquel Raynal, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com



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