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authorHuang Shijie <b32955@freescale.com>2013-08-15 22:10:09 -0400
committerDavid Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>2013-08-30 16:38:45 -0400
commited202940335e3f9930509025e3d75721e564baca (patch)
tree0fa28d773eb6bc31981656afb3e133c150bfb3a7 /Documentation/ABI
parentf720e7ce510bf79f029be45ce200ccfce5551280 (diff)
mtd: update the ABI document about the ecc step size
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>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd
index 3105644b3bfc..bfd119ace6ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd
@@ -128,9 +128,8 @@ KernelVersion: 3.4
128Contact: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org 128Contact: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
129Description: 129Description:
130 Maximum number of bit errors that the device is capable of 130 Maximum number of bit errors that the device is capable of
131 correcting within each region covering an ecc step. This will 131 correcting within each region covering an ECC step (see
132 always be a non-negative integer. Note that some devices will 132 ecc_step_size). This will always be a non-negative integer.
133 have multiple ecc steps within each writesize region.
134 133
135 In the case of devices lacking any ECC capability, it is 0. 134 In the case of devices lacking any ECC capability, it is 0.
136 135
@@ -173,3 +172,15 @@ Description:
173 This is generally applicable only to NAND flash devices with ECC 172 This is generally applicable only to NAND flash devices with ECC
174 capability. It is ignored on devices lacking ECC capability; 173 capability. It is ignored on devices lacking ECC capability;
175 i.e., devices for which ecc_strength is zero. 174 i.e., devices for which ecc_strength is zero.
175
176What: /sys/class/mtd/mtdX/ecc_step_size
177Date: May 2013
178KernelVersion: 3.10
179Contact: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
180Description:
181 The size of a single region covered by ECC, known as the ECC
182 step. Devices may have several equally sized ECC steps within
183 each writesize region.
184
185 It will always be a non-negative integer. In the case of
186 devices lacking any ECC capability, it is 0.