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[v2,1/3] mtd: nand: add NAND_NEED_SCRAMBLING option flag

Message ID 1449054067-16751-2-git-send-email-boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com
State Accepted
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Boris Brezillon Dec. 2, 2015, 11:01 a.m. UTC
Some MLC NANDs are sensitive to repeated patterns and require data to be
scrambled in order to limit the number of bitflips.
Add a new flag to let the NAND controller know about this constraint.

Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>
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 include/linux/mtd/nand.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
index fad634e..0203b15 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@  typedef enum {
 /* Device supports subpage reads */
 #define NAND_SUBPAGE_READ	0x00001000
 
+/*
+ * Some MLC NANDs need data scrambling to limit bitflips caused by repeated
+ * patterns.
+ */
+#define NAND_NEED_SCRAMBLING	0x00002000
+
 /* Options valid for Samsung large page devices */
 #define NAND_SAMSUNG_LP_OPTIONS NAND_CACHEPRG