Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756072AbbKUI1k (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Nov 2015 03:27:40 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f48.google.com ([209.85.220.48]:35405 "EHLO mail-pa0-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752080AbbKUI1j (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Nov 2015 03:27:39 -0500 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 00:27:27 -0800 From: Brian Norris To: Boris Brezillon Cc: Bean Huo =?utf-8?B?6ZyN5paM5paMIChiZWFuaHVvKQ==?= , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" Subject: Re: enhance ONFI table reliability/stable Message-ID: <20151121082727.GA3023@brian-ubuntu> References: <20151118025010.GB140057@google.com> <20151120235927.GD64635@google.com> <20151121084604.23fff6f9@bbrezillon> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151121084604.23fff6f9@bbrezillon> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 848 Lines: 18 On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 08:46:04AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote: > This being said, I don't know how you would change the ONFI spec and > keep it compatible with the previous version. As I said, the current > version of the spec does not reserve any area after the mandatory > parameter pages... > You'll probably have to add a NAND_CMD_ALT_PARAM to support this kind > of thing. I was interpreting Bean's comments to mean only a change in software, not in the actual NAND flash (HW) implementation. If he is suggesting a change in the flash spec, then that's a completely different discussion. Brian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/