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even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
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1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | ||
2 | <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" | ||
3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> | ||
4 | |||
5 | <book id="MTD-NAND-Guide"> | ||
6 | <bookinfo> | ||
7 | <title>MTD NAND Driver Programming Interface</title> | ||
8 | |||
9 | <authorgroup> | ||
10 | <author> | ||
11 | <firstname>Thomas</firstname> | ||
12 | <surname>Gleixner</surname> | ||
13 | <affiliation> | ||
14 | <address> | ||
15 | <email>tglx@linutronix.de</email> | ||
16 | </address> | ||
17 | </affiliation> | ||
18 | </author> | ||
19 | </authorgroup> | ||
20 | |||
21 | <copyright> | ||
22 | <year>2004</year> | ||
23 | <holder>Thomas Gleixner</holder> | ||
24 | </copyright> | ||
25 | |||
26 | <legalnotice> | ||
27 | <para> | ||
28 | This documentation is free software; you can redistribute | ||
29 | it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public | ||
30 | License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. | ||
31 | </para> | ||
32 | |||
33 | <para> | ||
34 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be | ||
35 | useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied | ||
36 | warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. | ||
37 | See the GNU General Public License for more details. | ||
38 | </para> | ||
39 | |||
40 | <para> | ||
41 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public | ||
42 | License along with this program; if not, write to the Free | ||
43 | Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, | ||
44 | MA 02111-1307 USA | ||
45 | </para> | ||
46 | |||
47 | <para> | ||
48 | For more details see the file COPYING in the source | ||
49 | distribution of Linux. | ||
50 | </para> | ||
51 | </legalnotice> | ||
52 | </bookinfo> | ||
53 | |||
54 | <toc></toc> | ||
55 | |||
56 | <chapter id="intro"> | ||
57 | <title>Introduction</title> | ||
58 | <para> | ||
59 | The generic NAND driver supports almost all NAND and AG-AND based | ||
60 | chips and connects them to the Memory Technology Devices (MTD) | ||
61 | subsystem of the Linux Kernel. | ||
62 | </para> | ||
63 | <para> | ||
64 | This documentation is provided for developers who want to implement | ||
65 | board drivers or filesystem drivers suitable for NAND devices. | ||
66 | </para> | ||
67 | </chapter> | ||
68 | |||
69 | <chapter id="bugs"> | ||
70 | <title>Known Bugs And Assumptions</title> | ||
71 | <para> | ||
72 | None. | ||
73 | </para> | ||
74 | </chapter> | ||
75 | |||
76 | <chapter id="dochints"> | ||
77 | <title>Documentation hints</title> | ||
78 | <para> | ||
79 | The function and structure docs are autogenerated. Each function and | ||
80 | struct member has a short description which is marked with an [XXX] identifier. | ||
81 | The following chapters explain the meaning of those identifiers. | ||
82 | </para> | ||
83 | <sect1> | ||
84 | <title>Function identifiers [XXX]</title> | ||
85 | <para> | ||
86 | The functions are marked with [XXX] identifiers in the short | ||
87 | comment. The identifiers explain the usage and scope of the | ||
88 | functions. Following identifiers are used: | ||
89 | </para> | ||
90 | <itemizedlist> | ||
91 | <listitem><para> | ||
92 | [MTD Interface]</para><para> | ||
93 | These functions provide the interface to the MTD kernel API. | ||
94 | They are not replacable and provide functionality | ||
95 | which is complete hardware independent. | ||
96 | </para></listitem> | ||
97 | <listitem><para> | ||
98 | [NAND Interface]</para><para> | ||
99 | These functions are exported and provide the interface to the NAND kernel API. | ||
100 | </para></listitem> | ||
101 | <listitem><para> | ||
102 | [GENERIC]</para><para> | ||
103 | Generic functions are not replacable and provide functionality | ||
104 | which is complete hardware independent. | ||
105 | </para></listitem> | ||
106 | <listitem><para> | ||
107 | [DEFAULT]</para><para> | ||
108 | Default functions provide hardware related functionality which is suitable | ||
109 | for most of the implementations. These functions can be replaced by the | ||
110 | board driver if neccecary. Those functions are called via pointers in the | ||
111 | NAND chip description structure. The board driver can set the functions which | ||
112 | should be replaced by board dependend functions before calling nand_scan(). | ||
113 | If the function pointer is NULL on entry to nand_scan() then the pointer | ||
114 | is set to the default function which is suitable for the detected chip type. | ||
115 | </para></listitem> | ||
116 | </itemizedlist> | ||
117 | </sect1> | ||
118 | <sect1> | ||
119 | <title>Struct member identifiers [XXX]</title> | ||
120 | <para> | ||
121 | The struct members are marked with [XXX] identifiers in the | ||
122 | comment. The identifiers explain the usage and scope of the | ||
123 | members. Following identifiers are used: | ||
124 | </para> | ||
125 | <itemizedlist> | ||
126 | <listitem><para> | ||
127 | [INTERN]</para><para> | ||
128 | These members are for NAND driver internal use only and must not be | ||
129 | modified. Most of these values are calculated from the chip geometry | ||
130 | information which is evaluated during nand_scan(). | ||
131 | </para></listitem> | ||
132 | <listitem><para> | ||
133 | [REPLACEABLE]</para><para> | ||
134 | Replaceable members hold hardware related functions which can be | ||
135 | provided by the board driver. The board driver can set the functions which | ||
136 | should be replaced by board dependend functions before calling nand_scan(). | ||
137 | If the function pointer is NULL on entry to nand_scan() then the pointer | ||
138 | is set to the default function which is suitable for the detected chip type. | ||
139 | </para></listitem> | ||
140 | <listitem><para> | ||
141 | [BOARDSPECIFIC]</para><para> | ||
142 | Board specific members hold hardware related information which must | ||
143 | be provided by the board driver. The board driver must set the function | ||
144 | pointers and datafields before calling nand_scan(). | ||
145 | </para></listitem> | ||
146 | <listitem><para> | ||
147 | [OPTIONAL]</para><para> | ||
148 | Optional members can hold information relevant for the board driver. The | ||
149 | generic NAND driver code does not use this information. | ||
150 | </para></listitem> | ||
151 | </itemizedlist> | ||
152 | </sect1> | ||
153 | </chapter> | ||
154 | |||
155 | <chapter id="basicboarddriver"> | ||
156 | <title>Basic board driver</title> | ||
157 | <para> | ||
158 | For most boards it will be sufficient to provide just the | ||
159 | basic functions and fill out some really board dependend | ||
160 | members in the nand chip description structure. | ||
161 | See drivers/mtd/nand/skeleton for reference. | ||
162 | </para> | ||
163 | <sect1> | ||
164 | <title>Basic defines</title> | ||
165 | <para> | ||
166 | At least you have to provide a mtd structure and | ||
167 | a storage for the ioremap'ed chip address. | ||
168 | You can allocate the mtd structure using kmalloc | ||
169 | or you can allocate it statically. | ||
170 | In case of static allocation you have to allocate | ||
171 | a nand_chip structure too. | ||
172 | </para> | ||
173 | <para> | ||
174 | Kmalloc based example | ||
175 | </para> | ||
176 | <programlisting> | ||
177 | static struct mtd_info *board_mtd; | ||
178 | static unsigned long baseaddr; | ||
179 | </programlisting> | ||
180 | <para> | ||
181 | Static example | ||
182 | </para> | ||
183 | <programlisting> | ||
184 | static struct mtd_info board_mtd; | ||
185 | static struct nand_chip board_chip; | ||
186 | static unsigned long baseaddr; | ||
187 | </programlisting> | ||
188 | </sect1> | ||
189 | <sect1> | ||
190 | <title>Partition defines</title> | ||
191 | <para> | ||
192 | If you want to divide your device into parititions, then | ||
193 | enable the configuration switch CONFIG_MTD_PARITIONS and define | ||
194 | a paritioning scheme suitable to your board. | ||
195 | </para> | ||
196 | <programlisting> | ||
197 | #define NUM_PARTITIONS 2 | ||
198 | static struct mtd_partition partition_info[] = { | ||
199 | { .name = "Flash partition 1", | ||
200 | .offset = 0, | ||
201 | .size = 8 * 1024 * 1024 }, | ||
202 | { .name = "Flash partition 2", | ||
203 | .offset = MTDPART_OFS_NEXT, | ||
204 | .size = MTDPART_SIZ_FULL }, | ||
205 | }; | ||
206 | </programlisting> | ||
207 | </sect1> | ||
208 | <sect1> | ||
209 | <title>Hardware control function</title> | ||
210 | <para> | ||
211 | The hardware control function provides access to the | ||
212 | control pins of the NAND chip(s). | ||
213 | The access can be done by GPIO pins or by address lines. | ||
214 | If you use address lines, make sure that the timing | ||
215 | requirements are met. | ||
216 | </para> | ||
217 | <para> | ||
218 | <emphasis>GPIO based example</emphasis> | ||
219 | </para> | ||
220 | <programlisting> | ||
221 | static void board_hwcontrol(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd) | ||
222 | { | ||
223 | switch(cmd){ | ||
224 | case NAND_CTL_SETCLE: /* Set CLE pin high */ break; | ||
225 | case NAND_CTL_CLRCLE: /* Set CLE pin low */ break; | ||
226 | case NAND_CTL_SETALE: /* Set ALE pin high */ break; | ||
227 | case NAND_CTL_CLRALE: /* Set ALE pin low */ break; | ||
228 | case NAND_CTL_SETNCE: /* Set nCE pin low */ break; | ||
229 | case NAND_CTL_CLRNCE: /* Set nCE pin high */ break; | ||
230 | } | ||
231 | } | ||
232 | </programlisting> | ||
233 | <para> | ||
234 | <emphasis>Address lines based example.</emphasis> It's assumed that the | ||
235 | nCE pin is driven by a chip select decoder. | ||
236 | </para> | ||
237 | <programlisting> | ||
238 | static void board_hwcontrol(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd) | ||
239 | { | ||
240 | struct nand_chip *this = (struct nand_chip *) mtd->priv; | ||
241 | switch(cmd){ | ||
242 | case NAND_CTL_SETCLE: this->IO_ADDR_W |= CLE_ADRR_BIT; break; | ||
243 | case NAND_CTL_CLRCLE: this->IO_ADDR_W &= ~CLE_ADRR_BIT; break; | ||
244 | case NAND_CTL_SETALE: this->IO_ADDR_W |= ALE_ADRR_BIT; break; | ||
245 | case NAND_CTL_CLRALE: this->IO_ADDR_W &= ~ALE_ADRR_BIT; break; | ||
246 | } | ||
247 | } | ||
248 | </programlisting> | ||
249 | </sect1> | ||
250 | <sect1> | ||
251 | <title>Device ready function</title> | ||
252 | <para> | ||
253 | If the hardware interface has the ready busy pin of the NAND chip connected to a | ||
254 | GPIO or other accesible I/O pin, this function is used to read back the state of the | ||
255 | pin. The function has no arguments and should return 0, if the device is busy (R/B pin | ||
256 | is low) and 1, if the device is ready (R/B pin is high). | ||
257 | If the hardware interface does not give access to the ready busy pin, then | ||
258 | the function must not be defined and the function pointer this->dev_ready is set to NULL. | ||
259 | </para> | ||
260 | </sect1> | ||
261 | <sect1> | ||
262 | <title>Init function</title> | ||
263 | <para> | ||
264 | The init function allocates memory and sets up all the board | ||
265 | specific parameters and function pointers. When everything | ||
266 | is set up nand_scan() is called. This function tries to | ||
267 | detect and identify then chip. If a chip is found all the | ||
268 | internal data fields are initialized accordingly. | ||
269 | The structure(s) have to be zeroed out first and then filled with the neccecary | ||
270 | information about the device. | ||
271 | </para> | ||
272 | <programlisting> | ||
273 | int __init board_init (void) | ||
274 | { | ||
275 | struct nand_chip *this; | ||
276 | int err = 0; | ||
277 | |||
278 | /* Allocate memory for MTD device structure and private data */ | ||
279 | board_mtd = kmalloc (sizeof(struct mtd_info) + sizeof (struct nand_chip), GFP_KERNEL); | ||
280 | if (!board_mtd) { | ||
281 | printk ("Unable to allocate NAND MTD device structure.\n"); | ||
282 | err = -ENOMEM; | ||
283 | goto out; | ||
284 | } | ||
285 | |||
286 | /* Initialize structures */ | ||
287 | memset ((char *) board_mtd, 0, sizeof(struct mtd_info) + sizeof(struct nand_chip)); | ||
288 | |||
289 | /* map physical adress */ | ||
290 | baseaddr = (unsigned long)ioremap(CHIP_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS, 1024); | ||
291 | if(!baseaddr){ | ||
292 | printk("Ioremap to access NAND chip failed\n"); | ||
293 | err = -EIO; | ||
294 | goto out_mtd; | ||
295 | } | ||
296 | |||
297 | /* Get pointer to private data */ | ||
298 | this = (struct nand_chip *) (); | ||
299 | /* Link the private data with the MTD structure */ | ||
300 | board_mtd->priv = this; | ||
301 | |||
302 | /* Set address of NAND IO lines */ | ||
303 | this->IO_ADDR_R = baseaddr; | ||
304 | this->IO_ADDR_W = baseaddr; | ||
305 | /* Reference hardware control function */ | ||
306 | this->hwcontrol = board_hwcontrol; | ||
307 | /* Set command delay time, see datasheet for correct value */ | ||
308 | this->chip_delay = CHIP_DEPENDEND_COMMAND_DELAY; | ||
309 | /* Assign the device ready function, if available */ | ||
310 | this->dev_ready = board_dev_ready; | ||
311 | this->eccmode = NAND_ECC_SOFT; | ||
312 | |||
313 | /* Scan to find existance of the device */ | ||
314 | if (nand_scan (board_mtd, 1)) { | ||
315 | err = -ENXIO; | ||
316 | goto out_ior; | ||
317 | } | ||
318 | |||
319 | add_mtd_partitions(board_mtd, partition_info, NUM_PARTITIONS); | ||
320 | goto out; | ||
321 | |||
322 | out_ior: | ||
323 | iounmap((void *)baseaddr); | ||
324 | out_mtd: | ||
325 | kfree (board_mtd); | ||
326 | out: | ||
327 | return err; | ||
328 | } | ||
329 | module_init(board_init); | ||
330 | </programlisting> | ||
331 | </sect1> | ||
332 | <sect1> | ||
333 | <title>Exit function</title> | ||
334 | <para> | ||
335 | The exit function is only neccecary if the driver is | ||
336 | compiled as a module. It releases all resources which | ||
337 | are held by the chip driver and unregisters the partitions | ||
338 | in the MTD layer. | ||
339 | </para> | ||
340 | <programlisting> | ||
341 | #ifdef MODULE | ||
342 | static void __exit board_cleanup (void) | ||
343 | { | ||
344 | /* Release resources, unregister device */ | ||
345 | nand_release (board_mtd); | ||
346 | |||
347 | /* unmap physical adress */ | ||
348 | iounmap((void *)baseaddr); | ||
349 | |||
350 | /* Free the MTD device structure */ | ||
351 | kfree (board_mtd); | ||
352 | } | ||
353 | module_exit(board_cleanup); | ||
354 | #endif | ||
355 | </programlisting> | ||
356 | </sect1> | ||
357 | </chapter> | ||
358 | |||
359 | <chapter id="boarddriversadvanced"> | ||
360 | <title>Advanced board driver functions</title> | ||
361 | <para> | ||
362 | This chapter describes the advanced functionality of the NAND | ||
363 | driver. For a list of functions which can be overridden by the board | ||
364 | driver see the documentation of the nand_chip structure. | ||
365 | </para> | ||
366 | <sect1> | ||
367 | <title>Multiple chip control</title> | ||
368 | <para> | ||
369 | The nand driver can control chip arrays. Therefor the | ||
370 | board driver must provide an own select_chip function. This | ||
371 | function must (de)select the requested chip. | ||
372 | The function pointer in the nand_chip structure must | ||
373 | be set before calling nand_scan(). The maxchip parameter | ||
374 | of nand_scan() defines the maximum number of chips to | ||
375 | scan for. Make sure that the select_chip function can | ||
376 | handle the requested number of chips. | ||
377 | </para> | ||
378 | <para> | ||
379 | The nand driver concatenates the chips to one virtual | ||
380 | chip and provides this virtual chip to the MTD layer. | ||
381 | </para> | ||
382 | <para> | ||
383 | <emphasis>Note: The driver can only handle linear chip arrays | ||
384 | of equally sized chips. There is no support for | ||
385 | parallel arrays which extend the buswidth.</emphasis> | ||
386 | </para> | ||
387 | <para> | ||
388 | <emphasis>GPIO based example</emphasis> | ||
389 | </para> | ||
390 | <programlisting> | ||
391 | static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip) | ||
392 | { | ||
393 | /* Deselect all chips, set all nCE pins high */ | ||
394 | GPIO(BOARD_NAND_NCE) |= 0xff; | ||
395 | if (chip >= 0) | ||
396 | GPIO(BOARD_NAND_NCE) &= ~ (1 << chip); | ||
397 | } | ||
398 | </programlisting> | ||
399 | <para> | ||
400 | <emphasis>Address lines based example.</emphasis> | ||
401 | Its assumed that the nCE pins are connected to an | ||
402 | address decoder. | ||
403 | </para> | ||
404 | <programlisting> | ||
405 | static void board_select_chip (struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip) | ||
406 | { | ||
407 | struct nand_chip *this = (struct nand_chip *) mtd->priv; | ||
408 | |||
409 | /* Deselect all chips */ | ||
410 | this->IO_ADDR_R &= ~BOARD_NAND_ADDR_MASK; | ||
411 | this->IO_ADDR_W &= ~BOARD_NAND_ADDR_MASK; | ||
412 | switch (chip) { | ||
413 | case 0: | ||
414 | this->IO_ADDR_R |= BOARD_NAND_ADDR_CHIP0; | ||
415 | this->IO_ADDR_W |= BOARD_NAND_ADDR_CHIP0; | ||
416 | break; | ||
417 | .... | ||
418 | case n: | ||
419 | this->IO_ADDR_R |= BOARD_NAND_ADDR_CHIPn; | ||
420 | this->IO_ADDR_W |= BOARD_NAND_ADDR_CHIPn; | ||
421 | break; | ||
422 | } | ||
423 | } | ||
424 | </programlisting> | ||
425 | </sect1> | ||
426 | <sect1> | ||
427 | <title>Hardware ECC support</title> | ||
428 | <sect2> | ||
429 | <title>Functions and constants</title> | ||
430 | <para> | ||
431 | The nand driver supports three different types of | ||
432 | hardware ECC. | ||
433 | <itemizedlist> | ||
434 | <listitem><para>NAND_ECC_HW3_256</para><para> | ||
435 | Hardware ECC generator providing 3 bytes ECC per | ||
436 | 256 byte. | ||
437 | </para> </listitem> | ||
438 | <listitem><para>NAND_ECC_HW3_512</para><para> | ||
439 | Hardware ECC generator providing 3 bytes ECC per | ||
440 | 512 byte. | ||
441 | </para> </listitem> | ||
442 | <listitem><para>NAND_ECC_HW6_512</para><para> | ||
443 | Hardware ECC generator providing 6 bytes ECC per | ||
444 | 512 byte. | ||
445 | </para> </listitem> | ||
446 | <listitem><para>NAND_ECC_HW8_512</para><para> | ||
447 | Hardware ECC generator providing 6 bytes ECC per | ||
448 | 512 byte. | ||
449 | </para> </listitem> | ||
450 | </itemizedlist> | ||
451 | If your hardware generator has a different functionality | ||
452 | add it at the appropriate place in nand_base.c | ||
453 | </para> | ||
454 | <para> | ||
455 | The board driver must provide following functions: | ||
456 | <itemizedlist> | ||
457 | <listitem><para>enable_hwecc</para><para> | ||
458 | This function is called before reading / writing to | ||
459 | the chip. Reset or initialize the hardware generator | ||
460 | in this function. The function is called with an | ||
461 | argument which let you distinguish between read | ||
462 | and write operations. | ||
463 | </para> </listitem> | ||
464 | <listitem><para>calculate_ecc</para><para> | ||
465 | This function is called after read / write from / to | ||
466 | the chip. Transfer the ECC from the hardware to | ||
467 | the buffer. If the option NAND_HWECC_SYNDROME is set | ||
468 | then the function is only called on write. See below. | ||
469 | </para> </listitem> | ||
470 | <listitem><para>correct_data</para><para> | ||
471 | In case of an ECC error this function is called for | ||
472 | error detection and correction. Return 1 respectively 2 | ||
473 | in case the error can be corrected. If the error is | ||
474 | not correctable return -1. If your hardware generator | ||
475 | matches the default algorithm of the nand_ecc software | ||
476 | generator then use the correction function provided | ||
477 | by nand_ecc instead of implementing duplicated code. | ||
478 | </para> </listitem> | ||
479 | </itemizedlist> | ||
480 | </para> | ||
481 | </sect2> | ||
482 | <sect2> | ||
483 | <title>Hardware ECC with syndrome calculation</title> | ||
484 | <para> | ||
485 | Many hardware ECC implementations provide Reed-Solomon | ||
486 | codes and calculate an error syndrome on read. The syndrome | ||
487 | must be converted to a standard Reed-Solomon syndrome | ||
488 | before calling the error correction code in the generic | ||
489 | Reed-Solomon library. | ||
490 | </para> | ||
491 | <para> | ||
492 | The ECC bytes must be placed immidiately after the data | ||
493 | bytes in order to make the syndrome generator work. This | ||
494 | is contrary to the usual layout used by software ECC. The | ||
495 | seperation of data and out of band area is not longer | ||
496 | possible. The nand driver code handles this layout and | ||
497 | the remaining free bytes in the oob area are managed by | ||
498 | the autoplacement code. Provide a matching oob-layout | ||
499 | in this case. See rts_from4.c and diskonchip.c for | ||
500 | implementation reference. In those cases we must also | ||
501 | use bad block tables on FLASH, because the ECC layout is | ||
502 | interferring with the bad block marker positions. | ||
503 | See bad block table support for details. | ||
504 | </para> | ||
505 | </sect2> | ||
506 | </sect1> | ||
507 | <sect1> | ||
508 | <title>Bad block table support</title> | ||
509 | <para> | ||
510 | Most NAND chips mark the bad blocks at a defined | ||
511 | position in the spare area. Those blocks must | ||
512 | not be erased under any circumstances as the bad | ||
513 | block information would be lost. | ||
514 | It is possible to check the bad block mark each | ||
515 | time when the blocks are accessed by reading the | ||
516 | spare area of the first page in the block. This | ||
517 | is time consuming so a bad block table is used. | ||
518 | </para> | ||
519 | <para> | ||
520 | The nand driver supports various types of bad block | ||
521 | tables. | ||
522 | <itemizedlist> | ||
523 | <listitem><para>Per device</para><para> | ||
524 | The bad block table contains all bad block information | ||
525 | of the device which can consist of multiple chips. | ||
526 | </para> </listitem> | ||
527 | <listitem><para>Per chip</para><para> | ||
528 | A bad block table is used per chip and contains the | ||
529 | bad block information for this particular chip. | ||
530 | </para> </listitem> | ||
531 | <listitem><para>Fixed offset</para><para> | ||
532 | The bad block table is located at a fixed offset | ||
533 | in the chip (device). This applies to various | ||
534 | DiskOnChip devices. | ||
535 | </para> </listitem> | ||
536 | <listitem><para>Automatic placed</para><para> | ||
537 | The bad block table is automatically placed and | ||
538 | detected either at the end or at the beginning | ||
539 | of a chip (device) | ||
540 | </para> </listitem> | ||
541 | <listitem><para>Mirrored tables</para><para> | ||
542 | The bad block table is mirrored on the chip (device) to | ||
543 | allow updates of the bad block table without data loss. | ||
544 | </para> </listitem> | ||
545 | </itemizedlist> | ||
546 | </para> | ||
547 | <para> | ||
548 | nand_scan() calls the function nand_default_bbt(). | ||
549 | nand_default_bbt() selects appropriate default | ||
550 | bad block table desriptors depending on the chip information | ||
551 | which was retrieved by nand_scan(). | ||
552 | </para> | ||
553 | <para> | ||
554 | The standard policy is scanning the device for bad | ||
555 | blocks and build a ram based bad block table which | ||
556 | allows faster access than always checking the | ||
557 | bad block information on the flash chip itself. | ||
558 | </para> | ||
559 | <sect2> | ||
560 | <title>Flash based tables</title> | ||
561 | <para> | ||
562 | It may be desired or neccecary to keep a bad block table in FLASH. | ||
563 | For AG-AND chips this is mandatory, as they have no factory marked | ||
564 | bad blocks. They have factory marked good blocks. The marker pattern | ||
565 | is erased when the block is erased to be reused. So in case of | ||
566 | powerloss before writing the pattern back to the chip this block | ||
567 | would be lost and added to the bad blocks. Therefor we scan the | ||
568 | chip(s) when we detect them the first time for good blocks and | ||
569 | store this information in a bad block table before erasing any | ||
570 | of the blocks. | ||
571 | </para> | ||
572 | <para> | ||
573 | The blocks in which the tables are stored are procteted against | ||
574 | accidental access by marking them bad in the memory bad block | ||
575 | table. The bad block table managment functions are allowed | ||
576 | to circumvernt this protection. | ||
577 | </para> | ||
578 | <para> | ||
579 | The simplest way to activate the FLASH based bad block table support | ||
580 | is to set the option NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT in the option field of | ||
581 | the nand chip structure before calling nand_scan(). For AG-AND | ||
582 | chips is this done by default. | ||
583 | This activates the default FLASH based bad block table functionality | ||
584 | of the NAND driver. The default bad block table options are | ||
585 | <itemizedlist> | ||
586 | <listitem><para>Store bad block table per chip</para></listitem> | ||
587 | <listitem><para>Use 2 bits per block</para></listitem> | ||
588 | <listitem><para>Automatic placement at the end of the chip</para></listitem> | ||
589 | <listitem><para>Use mirrored tables with version numbers</para></listitem> | ||
590 | <listitem><para>Reserve 4 blocks at the end of the chip</para></listitem> | ||
591 | </itemizedlist> | ||
592 | </para> | ||
593 | </sect2> | ||
594 | <sect2> | ||
595 | <title>User defined tables</title> | ||
596 | <para> | ||
597 | User defined tables are created by filling out a | ||
598 | nand_bbt_descr structure and storing the pointer in the | ||
599 | nand_chip structure member bbt_td before calling nand_scan(). | ||
600 | If a mirror table is neccecary a second structure must be | ||
601 | created and a pointer to this structure must be stored | ||
602 | in bbt_md inside the nand_chip structure. If the bbt_md | ||
603 | member is set to NULL then only the main table is used | ||
604 | and no scan for the mirrored table is performed. | ||
605 | </para> | ||
606 | <para> | ||
607 | The most important field in the nand_bbt_descr structure | ||
608 | is the options field. The options define most of the | ||
609 | table properties. Use the predefined constants from | ||
610 | nand.h to define the options. | ||
611 | <itemizedlist> | ||
612 | <listitem><para>Number of bits per block</para> | ||
613 | <para>The supported number of bits is 1, 2, 4, 8.</para></listitem> | ||
614 | <listitem><para>Table per chip</para> | ||
615 | <para>Setting the constant NAND_BBT_PERCHIP selects that | ||
616 | a bad block table is managed for each chip in a chip array. | ||
617 | If this option is not set then a per device bad block table | ||
618 | is used.</para></listitem> | ||
619 | <listitem><para>Table location is absolute</para> | ||
620 | <para>Use the option constant NAND_BBT_ABSPAGE and | ||
621 | define the absolute page number where the bad block | ||
622 | table starts in the field pages. If you have selected bad block | ||
623 | tables per chip and you have a multi chip array then the start page | ||
624 | must be given for each chip in the chip array. Note: there is no scan | ||
625 | for a table ident pattern performed, so the fields | ||
626 | pattern, veroffs, offs, len can be left uninitialized</para></listitem> | ||
627 | <listitem><para>Table location is automatically detected</para> | ||
628 | <para>The table can either be located in the first or the last good | ||
629 | blocks of the chip (device). Set NAND_BBT_LASTBLOCK to place | ||
630 | the bad block table at the end of the chip (device). The | ||
631 | bad block tables are marked and identified by a pattern which | ||
632 | is stored in the spare area of the first page in the block which | ||
633 | holds the bad block table. Store a pointer to the pattern | ||
634 | in the pattern field. Further the length of the pattern has to be | ||
635 | stored in len and the offset in the spare area must be given | ||
636 | in the offs member of the nand_bbt_descr stucture. For mirrored | ||
637 | bad block tables different patterns are mandatory.</para></listitem> | ||
638 | <listitem><para>Table creation</para> | ||
639 | <para>Set the option NAND_BBT_CREATE to enable the table creation | ||
640 | if no table can be found during the scan. Usually this is done only | ||
641 | once if a new chip is found. </para></listitem> | ||
642 | <listitem><para>Table write support</para> | ||
643 | <para>Set the option NAND_BBT_WRITE to enable the table write support. | ||
644 | This allows the update of the bad block table(s) in case a block has | ||
645 | to be marked bad due to wear. The MTD interface function block_markbad | ||
646 | is calling the update function of the bad block table. If the write | ||
647 | support is enabled then the table is updated on FLASH.</para> | ||
648 | <para> | ||
649 | Note: Write support should only be enabled for mirrored tables with | ||
650 | version control. | ||
651 | </para></listitem> | ||
652 | <listitem><para>Table version control</para> | ||
653 | <para>Set the option NAND_BBT_VERSION to enable the table version control. | ||
654 | It's highly recommended to enable this for mirrored tables with write | ||
655 | support. It makes sure that the risk of loosing the bad block | ||
656 | table information is reduced to the loss of the information about the | ||
657 | one worn out block which should be marked bad. The version is stored in | ||
658 | 4 consecutive bytes in the spare area of the device. The position of | ||
659 | the version number is defined by the member veroffs in the bad block table | ||
660 | descriptor.</para></listitem> | ||
661 | <listitem><para>Save block contents on write</para> | ||
662 | <para> | ||
663 | In case that the block which holds the bad block table does contain | ||
664 | other useful information, set the option NAND_BBT_SAVECONTENT. When | ||
665 | the bad block table is written then the whole block is read the bad | ||
666 | block table is updated and the block is erased and everything is | ||
667 | written back. If this option is not set only the bad block table | ||
668 | is written and everything else in the block is ignored and erased. | ||
669 | </para></listitem> | ||
670 | <listitem><para>Number of reserved blocks</para> | ||
671 | <para> | ||
672 | For automatic placement some blocks must be reserved for | ||
673 | bad block table storage. The number of reserved blocks is defined | ||
674 | in the maxblocks member of the babd block table description structure. | ||
675 | Reserving 4 blocks for mirrored tables should be a reasonable number. | ||
676 | This also limits the number of blocks which are scanned for the bad | ||
677 | block table ident pattern. | ||
678 | </para></listitem> | ||
679 | </itemizedlist> | ||
680 | </para> | ||
681 | </sect2> | ||
682 | </sect1> | ||
683 | <sect1> | ||
684 | <title>Spare area (auto)placement</title> | ||
685 | <para> | ||
686 | The nand driver implements different possibilities for | ||
687 | placement of filesystem data in the spare area, | ||
688 | <itemizedlist> | ||
689 | <listitem><para>Placement defined by fs driver</para></listitem> | ||
690 | <listitem><para>Automatic placement</para></listitem> | ||
691 | </itemizedlist> | ||
692 | The default placement function is automatic placement. The | ||
693 | nand driver has built in default placement schemes for the | ||
694 | various chiptypes. If due to hardware ECC functionality the | ||
695 | default placement does not fit then the board driver can | ||
696 | provide a own placement scheme. | ||
697 | </para> | ||
698 | <para> | ||
699 | File system drivers can provide a own placement scheme which | ||
700 | is used instead of the default placement scheme. | ||
701 | </para> | ||
702 | <para> | ||
703 | Placement schemes are defined by a nand_oobinfo structure | ||
704 | <programlisting> | ||
705 | struct nand_oobinfo { | ||
706 | int useecc; | ||
707 | int eccbytes; | ||
708 | int eccpos[24]; | ||
709 | int oobfree[8][2]; | ||
710 | }; | ||
711 | </programlisting> | ||
712 | <itemizedlist> | ||
713 | <listitem><para>useecc</para><para> | ||
714 | The useecc member controls the ecc and placement function. The header | ||
715 | file include/mtd/mtd-abi.h contains constants to select ecc and | ||
716 | placement. MTD_NANDECC_OFF switches off the ecc complete. This is | ||
717 | not recommended and available for testing and diagnosis only. | ||
718 | MTD_NANDECC_PLACE selects caller defined placement, MTD_NANDECC_AUTOPLACE | ||
719 | selects automatic placement. | ||
720 | </para></listitem> | ||
721 | <listitem><para>eccbytes</para><para> | ||
722 | The eccbytes member defines the number of ecc bytes per page. | ||
723 | </para></listitem> | ||
724 | <listitem><para>eccpos</para><para> | ||
725 | The eccpos array holds the byte offsets in the spare area where | ||
726 | the ecc codes are placed. | ||
727 | </para></listitem> | ||
728 | <listitem><para>oobfree</para><para> | ||
729 | The oobfree array defines the areas in the spare area which can be | ||
730 | used for automatic placement. The information is given in the format | ||
731 | {offset, size}. offset defines the start of the usable area, size the | ||
732 | length in bytes. More than one area can be defined. The list is terminated | ||
733 | by an {0, 0} entry. | ||
734 | </para></listitem> | ||
735 | </itemizedlist> | ||
736 | </para> | ||
737 | <sect2> | ||
738 | <title>Placement defined by fs driver</title> | ||
739 | <para> | ||
740 | The calling function provides a pointer to a nand_oobinfo | ||
741 | structure which defines the ecc placement. For writes the | ||
742 | caller must provide a spare area buffer along with the | ||
743 | data buffer. The spare area buffer size is (number of pages) * | ||
744 | (size of spare area). For reads the buffer size is | ||
745 | (number of pages) * ((size of spare area) + (number of ecc | ||
746 | steps per page) * sizeof (int)). The driver stores the | ||
747 | result of the ecc check for each tuple in the spare buffer. | ||
748 | The storage sequence is | ||
749 | </para> | ||
750 | <para> | ||
751 | <spare data page 0><ecc result 0>...<ecc result n> | ||
752 | </para> | ||
753 | <para> | ||
754 | ... | ||
755 | </para> | ||
756 | <para> | ||
757 | <spare data page n><ecc result 0>...<ecc result n> | ||
758 | </para> | ||
759 | <para> | ||
760 | This is a legacy mode used by YAFFS1. | ||
761 | </para> | ||
762 | <para> | ||
763 | If the spare area buffer is NULL then only the ECC placement is | ||
764 | done according to the given scheme in the nand_oobinfo structure. | ||
765 | </para> | ||
766 | </sect2> | ||
767 | <sect2> | ||
768 | <title>Automatic placement</title> | ||
769 | <para> | ||
770 | Automatic placement uses the built in defaults to place the | ||
771 | ecc bytes in the spare area. If filesystem data have to be stored / | ||
772 | read into the spare area then the calling function must provide a | ||
773 | buffer. The buffer size per page is determined by the oobfree array in | ||
774 | the nand_oobinfo structure. | ||
775 | </para> | ||
776 | <para> | ||
777 | If the spare area buffer is NULL then only the ECC placement is | ||
778 | done according to the default builtin scheme. | ||
779 | </para> | ||
780 | </sect2> | ||
781 | <sect2> | ||
782 | <title>User space placement selection</title> | ||
783 | <para> | ||
784 | All non ecc functions like mtd->read and mtd->write use an internal | ||
785 | structure, which can be set by an ioctl. This structure is preset | ||
786 | to the autoplacement default. | ||
787 | <programlisting> | ||
788 | ioctl (fd, MEMSETOOBSEL, oobsel); | ||
789 | </programlisting> | ||
790 | oobsel is a pointer to a user supplied structure of type | ||
791 | nand_oobconfig. The contents of this structure must match the | ||
792 | criteria of the filesystem, which will be used. See an example in utils/nandwrite.c. | ||
793 | </para> | ||
794 | </sect2> | ||
795 | </sect1> | ||
796 | <sect1> | ||
797 | <title>Spare area autoplacement default schemes</title> | ||
798 | <sect2> | ||
799 | <title>256 byte pagesize</title> | ||
800 | <informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><tbody> | ||
801 | <row> | ||
802 | <entry>Offset</entry> | ||
803 | <entry>Content</entry> | ||
804 | <entry>Comment</entry> | ||
805 | </row> | ||
806 | <row> | ||
807 | <entry>0x00</entry> | ||
808 | <entry>ECC byte 0</entry> | ||
809 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0</entry> | ||
810 | </row> | ||
811 | <row> | ||
812 | <entry>0x01</entry> | ||
813 | <entry>ECC byte 1</entry> | ||
814 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1</entry> | ||
815 | </row> | ||
816 | <row> | ||
817 | <entry>0x02</entry> | ||
818 | <entry>ECC byte 2</entry> | ||
819 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2</entry> | ||
820 | </row> | ||
821 | <row> | ||
822 | <entry>0x03</entry> | ||
823 | <entry>Autoplace 0</entry> | ||
824 | <entry></entry> | ||
825 | </row> | ||
826 | <row> | ||
827 | <entry>0x04</entry> | ||
828 | <entry>Autoplace 1</entry> | ||
829 | <entry></entry> | ||
830 | </row> | ||
831 | <row> | ||
832 | <entry>0x05</entry> | ||
833 | <entry>Bad block marker</entry> | ||
834 | <entry>If any bit in this byte is zero, then this block is bad. | ||
835 | This applies only to the first page in a block. In the remaining | ||
836 | pages this byte is reserved</entry> | ||
837 | </row> | ||
838 | <row> | ||
839 | <entry>0x06</entry> | ||
840 | <entry>Autoplace 2</entry> | ||
841 | <entry></entry> | ||
842 | </row> | ||
843 | <row> | ||
844 | <entry>0x07</entry> | ||
845 | <entry>Autoplace 3</entry> | ||
846 | <entry></entry> | ||
847 | </row> | ||
848 | </tbody></tgroup></informaltable> | ||
849 | </sect2> | ||
850 | <sect2> | ||
851 | <title>512 byte pagesize</title> | ||
852 | <informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><tbody> | ||
853 | <row> | ||
854 | <entry>Offset</entry> | ||
855 | <entry>Content</entry> | ||
856 | <entry>Comment</entry> | ||
857 | </row> | ||
858 | <row> | ||
859 | <entry>0x00</entry> | ||
860 | <entry>ECC byte 0</entry> | ||
861 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the lower 256 Byte data in | ||
862 | this page</entry> | ||
863 | </row> | ||
864 | <row> | ||
865 | <entry>0x01</entry> | ||
866 | <entry>ECC byte 1</entry> | ||
867 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the lower 256 Bytes of data | ||
868 | in this page</entry> | ||
869 | </row> | ||
870 | <row> | ||
871 | <entry>0x02</entry> | ||
872 | <entry>ECC byte 2</entry> | ||
873 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the lower 256 Bytes of data | ||
874 | in this page</entry> | ||
875 | </row> | ||
876 | <row> | ||
877 | <entry>0x03</entry> | ||
878 | <entry>ECC byte 3</entry> | ||
879 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the upper 256 Bytes of data | ||
880 | in this page</entry> | ||
881 | </row> | ||
882 | <row> | ||
883 | <entry>0x04</entry> | ||
884 | <entry>reserved</entry> | ||
885 | <entry>reserved</entry> | ||
886 | </row> | ||
887 | <row> | ||
888 | <entry>0x05</entry> | ||
889 | <entry>Bad block marker</entry> | ||
890 | <entry>If any bit in this byte is zero, then this block is bad. | ||
891 | This applies only to the first page in a block. In the remaining | ||
892 | pages this byte is reserved</entry> | ||
893 | </row> | ||
894 | <row> | ||
895 | <entry>0x06</entry> | ||
896 | <entry>ECC byte 4</entry> | ||
897 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the upper 256 Bytes of data | ||
898 | in this page</entry> | ||
899 | </row> | ||
900 | <row> | ||
901 | <entry>0x07</entry> | ||
902 | <entry>ECC byte 5</entry> | ||
903 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the upper 256 Bytes of data | ||
904 | in this page</entry> | ||
905 | </row> | ||
906 | <row> | ||
907 | <entry>0x08 - 0x0F</entry> | ||
908 | <entry>Autoplace 0 - 7</entry> | ||
909 | <entry></entry> | ||
910 | </row> | ||
911 | </tbody></tgroup></informaltable> | ||
912 | </sect2> | ||
913 | <sect2> | ||
914 | <title>2048 byte pagesize</title> | ||
915 | <informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><tbody> | ||
916 | <row> | ||
917 | <entry>Offset</entry> | ||
918 | <entry>Content</entry> | ||
919 | <entry>Comment</entry> | ||
920 | </row> | ||
921 | <row> | ||
922 | <entry>0x00</entry> | ||
923 | <entry>Bad block marker</entry> | ||
924 | <entry>If any bit in this byte is zero, then this block is bad. | ||
925 | This applies only to the first page in a block. In the remaining | ||
926 | pages this byte is reserved</entry> | ||
927 | </row> | ||
928 | <row> | ||
929 | <entry>0x01</entry> | ||
930 | <entry>Reserved</entry> | ||
931 | <entry>Reserved</entry> | ||
932 | </row> | ||
933 | <row> | ||
934 | <entry>0x02-0x27</entry> | ||
935 | <entry>Autoplace 0 - 37</entry> | ||
936 | <entry></entry> | ||
937 | </row> | ||
938 | <row> | ||
939 | <entry>0x28</entry> | ||
940 | <entry>ECC byte 0</entry> | ||
941 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the first 256 Byte data in | ||
942 | this page</entry> | ||
943 | </row> | ||
944 | <row> | ||
945 | <entry>0x29</entry> | ||
946 | <entry>ECC byte 1</entry> | ||
947 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the first 256 Bytes of data | ||
948 | in this page</entry> | ||
949 | </row> | ||
950 | <row> | ||
951 | <entry>0x2A</entry> | ||
952 | <entry>ECC byte 2</entry> | ||
953 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the first 256 Bytes data in | ||
954 | this page</entry> | ||
955 | </row> | ||
956 | <row> | ||
957 | <entry>0x2B</entry> | ||
958 | <entry>ECC byte 3</entry> | ||
959 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the second 256 Bytes of data | ||
960 | in this page</entry> | ||
961 | </row> | ||
962 | <row> | ||
963 | <entry>0x2C</entry> | ||
964 | <entry>ECC byte 4</entry> | ||
965 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the second 256 Bytes of data | ||
966 | in this page</entry> | ||
967 | </row> | ||
968 | <row> | ||
969 | <entry>0x2D</entry> | ||
970 | <entry>ECC byte 5</entry> | ||
971 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the second 256 Bytes of data | ||
972 | in this page</entry> | ||
973 | </row> | ||
974 | <row> | ||
975 | <entry>0x2E</entry> | ||
976 | <entry>ECC byte 6</entry> | ||
977 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the third 256 Bytes of data | ||
978 | in this page</entry> | ||
979 | </row> | ||
980 | <row> | ||
981 | <entry>0x2F</entry> | ||
982 | <entry>ECC byte 7</entry> | ||
983 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the third 256 Bytes of data | ||
984 | in this page</entry> | ||
985 | </row> | ||
986 | <row> | ||
987 | <entry>0x30</entry> | ||
988 | <entry>ECC byte 8</entry> | ||
989 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the third 256 Bytes of data | ||
990 | in this page</entry> | ||
991 | </row> | ||
992 | <row> | ||
993 | <entry>0x31</entry> | ||
994 | <entry>ECC byte 9</entry> | ||
995 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the fourth 256 Bytes of data | ||
996 | in this page</entry> | ||
997 | </row> | ||
998 | <row> | ||
999 | <entry>0x32</entry> | ||
1000 | <entry>ECC byte 10</entry> | ||
1001 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the fourth 256 Bytes of data | ||
1002 | in this page</entry> | ||
1003 | </row> | ||
1004 | <row> | ||
1005 | <entry>0x33</entry> | ||
1006 | <entry>ECC byte 11</entry> | ||
1007 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the fourth 256 Bytes of data | ||
1008 | in this page</entry> | ||
1009 | </row> | ||
1010 | <row> | ||
1011 | <entry>0x34</entry> | ||
1012 | <entry>ECC byte 12</entry> | ||
1013 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the fifth 256 Bytes of data | ||
1014 | in this page</entry> | ||
1015 | </row> | ||
1016 | <row> | ||
1017 | <entry>0x35</entry> | ||
1018 | <entry>ECC byte 13</entry> | ||
1019 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the fifth 256 Bytes of data | ||
1020 | in this page</entry> | ||
1021 | </row> | ||
1022 | <row> | ||
1023 | <entry>0x36</entry> | ||
1024 | <entry>ECC byte 14</entry> | ||
1025 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the fifth 256 Bytes of data | ||
1026 | in this page</entry> | ||
1027 | </row> | ||
1028 | <row> | ||
1029 | <entry>0x37</entry> | ||
1030 | <entry>ECC byte 15</entry> | ||
1031 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the sixt 256 Bytes of data | ||
1032 | in this page</entry> | ||
1033 | </row> | ||
1034 | <row> | ||
1035 | <entry>0x38</entry> | ||
1036 | <entry>ECC byte 16</entry> | ||
1037 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the sixt 256 Bytes of data | ||
1038 | in this page</entry> | ||
1039 | </row> | ||
1040 | <row> | ||
1041 | <entry>0x39</entry> | ||
1042 | <entry>ECC byte 17</entry> | ||
1043 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the sixt 256 Bytes of data | ||
1044 | in this page</entry> | ||
1045 | </row> | ||
1046 | <row> | ||
1047 | <entry>0x3A</entry> | ||
1048 | <entry>ECC byte 18</entry> | ||
1049 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the seventh 256 Bytes of | ||
1050 | data in this page</entry> | ||
1051 | </row> | ||
1052 | <row> | ||
1053 | <entry>0x3B</entry> | ||
1054 | <entry>ECC byte 19</entry> | ||
1055 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the seventh 256 Bytes of | ||
1056 | data in this page</entry> | ||
1057 | </row> | ||
1058 | <row> | ||
1059 | <entry>0x3C</entry> | ||
1060 | <entry>ECC byte 20</entry> | ||
1061 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the seventh 256 Bytes of | ||
1062 | data in this page</entry> | ||
1063 | </row> | ||
1064 | <row> | ||
1065 | <entry>0x3D</entry> | ||
1066 | <entry>ECC byte 21</entry> | ||
1067 | <entry>Error correction code byte 0 of the eigth 256 Bytes of data | ||
1068 | in this page</entry> | ||
1069 | </row> | ||
1070 | <row> | ||
1071 | <entry>0x3E</entry> | ||
1072 | <entry>ECC byte 22</entry> | ||
1073 | <entry>Error correction code byte 1 of the eigth 256 Bytes of data | ||
1074 | in this page</entry> | ||
1075 | </row> | ||
1076 | <row> | ||
1077 | <entry>0x3F</entry> | ||
1078 | <entry>ECC byte 23</entry> | ||
1079 | <entry>Error correction code byte 2 of the eigth 256 Bytes of data | ||
1080 | in this page</entry> | ||
1081 | </row> | ||
1082 | </tbody></tgroup></informaltable> | ||
1083 | </sect2> | ||
1084 | </sect1> | ||
1085 | </chapter> | ||
1086 | |||
1087 | <chapter id="filesystems"> | ||
1088 | <title>Filesystem support</title> | ||
1089 | <para> | ||
1090 | The NAND driver provides all neccecary functions for a | ||
1091 | filesystem via the MTD interface. | ||
1092 | </para> | ||
1093 | <para> | ||
1094 | Filesystems must be aware of the NAND pecularities and | ||
1095 | restrictions. One major restrictions of NAND Flash is, that you cannot | ||
1096 | write as often as you want to a page. The consecutive writes to a page, | ||
1097 | before erasing it again, are restricted to 1-3 writes, depending on the | ||
1098 | manufacturers specifications. This applies similar to the spare area. | ||
1099 | </para> | ||
1100 | <para> | ||
1101 | Therefor NAND aware filesystems must either write in page size chunks | ||
1102 | or hold a writebuffer to collect smaller writes until they sum up to | ||
1103 | pagesize. Available NAND aware filesystems: JFFS2, YAFFS. | ||
1104 | </para> | ||
1105 | <para> | ||
1106 | The spare area usage to store filesystem data is controlled by | ||
1107 | the spare area placement functionality which is described in one | ||
1108 | of the earlier chapters. | ||
1109 | </para> | ||
1110 | </chapter> | ||
1111 | <chapter id="tools"> | ||
1112 | <title>Tools</title> | ||
1113 | <para> | ||
1114 | The MTD project provides a couple of helpful tools to handle NAND Flash. | ||
1115 | <itemizedlist> | ||
1116 | <listitem><para>flasherase, flasheraseall: Erase and format FLASH partitions</para></listitem> | ||
1117 | <listitem><para>nandwrite: write filesystem images to NAND FLASH</para></listitem> | ||
1118 | <listitem><para>nanddump: dump the contents of a NAND FLASH partitions</para></listitem> | ||
1119 | </itemizedlist> | ||
1120 | </para> | ||
1121 | <para> | ||
1122 | These tools are aware of the NAND restrictions. Please use those tools | ||
1123 | instead of complaining about errors which are caused by non NAND aware | ||
1124 | access methods. | ||
1125 | </para> | ||
1126 | </chapter> | ||
1127 | |||
1128 | <chapter id="defines"> | ||
1129 | <title>Constants</title> | ||
1130 | <para> | ||
1131 | This chapter describes the constants which might be relevant for a driver developer. | ||
1132 | </para> | ||
1133 | <sect1> | ||
1134 | <title>Chip option constants</title> | ||
1135 | <sect2> | ||
1136 | <title>Constants for chip id table</title> | ||
1137 | <para> | ||
1138 | These constants are defined in nand.h. They are ored together to describe | ||
1139 | the chip functionality. | ||
1140 | <programlisting> | ||
1141 | /* Chip can not auto increment pages */ | ||
1142 | #define NAND_NO_AUTOINCR 0x00000001 | ||
1143 | /* Buswitdh is 16 bit */ | ||
1144 | #define NAND_BUSWIDTH_16 0x00000002 | ||
1145 | /* Device supports partial programming without padding */ | ||
1146 | #define NAND_NO_PADDING 0x00000004 | ||
1147 | /* Chip has cache program function */ | ||
1148 | #define NAND_CACHEPRG 0x00000008 | ||
1149 | /* Chip has copy back function */ | ||
1150 | #define NAND_COPYBACK 0x00000010 | ||
1151 | /* AND Chip which has 4 banks and a confusing page / block | ||
1152 | * assignment. See Renesas datasheet for further information */ | ||
1153 | #define NAND_IS_AND 0x00000020 | ||
1154 | /* Chip has a array of 4 pages which can be read without | ||
1155 | * additional ready /busy waits */ | ||
1156 | #define NAND_4PAGE_ARRAY 0x00000040 | ||
1157 | </programlisting> | ||
1158 | </para> | ||
1159 | </sect2> | ||
1160 | <sect2> | ||
1161 | <title>Constants for runtime options</title> | ||
1162 | <para> | ||
1163 | These constants are defined in nand.h. They are ored together to describe | ||
1164 | the functionality. | ||
1165 | <programlisting> | ||
1166 | /* Use a flash based bad block table. This option is parsed by the | ||
1167 | * default bad block table function (nand_default_bbt). */ | ||
1168 | #define NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT 0x00010000 | ||
1169 | /* The hw ecc generator provides a syndrome instead a ecc value on read | ||
1170 | * This can only work if we have the ecc bytes directly behind the | ||
1171 | * data bytes. Applies for DOC and AG-AND Renesas HW Reed Solomon generators */ | ||
1172 | #define NAND_HWECC_SYNDROME 0x00020000 | ||
1173 | </programlisting> | ||
1174 | </para> | ||
1175 | </sect2> | ||
1176 | </sect1> | ||
1177 | |||
1178 | <sect1> | ||
1179 | <title>ECC selection constants</title> | ||
1180 | <para> | ||
1181 | Use these constants to select the ECC algorithm. | ||
1182 | <programlisting> | ||
1183 | /* No ECC. Usage is not recommended ! */ | ||
1184 | #define NAND_ECC_NONE 0 | ||
1185 | /* Software ECC 3 byte ECC per 256 Byte data */ | ||
1186 | #define NAND_ECC_SOFT 1 | ||
1187 | /* Hardware ECC 3 byte ECC per 256 Byte data */ | ||
1188 | #define NAND_ECC_HW3_256 2 | ||
1189 | /* Hardware ECC 3 byte ECC per 512 Byte data */ | ||
1190 | #define NAND_ECC_HW3_512 3 | ||
1191 | /* Hardware ECC 6 byte ECC per 512 Byte data */ | ||
1192 | #define NAND_ECC_HW6_512 4 | ||
1193 | /* Hardware ECC 6 byte ECC per 512 Byte data */ | ||
1194 | #define NAND_ECC_HW8_512 6 | ||
1195 | </programlisting> | ||
1196 | </para> | ||
1197 | </sect1> | ||
1198 | |||
1199 | <sect1> | ||
1200 | <title>Hardware control related constants</title> | ||
1201 | <para> | ||
1202 | These constants describe the requested hardware access function when | ||
1203 | the boardspecific hardware control function is called | ||
1204 | <programlisting> | ||
1205 | /* Select the chip by setting nCE to low */ | ||
1206 | #define NAND_CTL_SETNCE 1 | ||
1207 | /* Deselect the chip by setting nCE to high */ | ||
1208 | #define NAND_CTL_CLRNCE 2 | ||
1209 | /* Select the command latch by setting CLE to high */ | ||
1210 | #define NAND_CTL_SETCLE 3 | ||
1211 | /* Deselect the command latch by setting CLE to low */ | ||
1212 | #define NAND_CTL_CLRCLE 4 | ||
1213 | /* Select the address latch by setting ALE to high */ | ||
1214 | #define NAND_CTL_SETALE 5 | ||
1215 | /* Deselect the address latch by setting ALE to low */ | ||
1216 | #define NAND_CTL_CLRALE 6 | ||
1217 | /* Set write protection by setting WP to high. Not used! */ | ||
1218 | #define NAND_CTL_SETWP 7 | ||
1219 | /* Clear write protection by setting WP to low. Not used! */ | ||
1220 | #define NAND_CTL_CLRWP 8 | ||
1221 | </programlisting> | ||
1222 | </para> | ||
1223 | </sect1> | ||
1224 | |||
1225 | <sect1> | ||
1226 | <title>Bad block table related constants</title> | ||
1227 | <para> | ||
1228 | These constants describe the options used for bad block | ||
1229 | table descriptors. | ||
1230 | <programlisting> | ||
1231 | /* Options for the bad block table descriptors */ | ||
1232 | |||
1233 | /* The number of bits used per block in the bbt on the device */ | ||
1234 | #define NAND_BBT_NRBITS_MSK 0x0000000F | ||
1235 | #define NAND_BBT_1BIT 0x00000001 | ||
1236 | #define NAND_BBT_2BIT 0x00000002 | ||
1237 | #define NAND_BBT_4BIT 0x00000004 | ||
1238 | #define NAND_BBT_8BIT 0x00000008 | ||
1239 | /* The bad block table is in the last good block of the device */ | ||
1240 | #define NAND_BBT_LASTBLOCK 0x00000010 | ||
1241 | /* The bbt is at the given page, else we must scan for the bbt */ | ||
1242 | #define NAND_BBT_ABSPAGE 0x00000020 | ||
1243 | /* The bbt is at the given page, else we must scan for the bbt */ | ||
1244 | #define NAND_BBT_SEARCH 0x00000040 | ||
1245 | /* bbt is stored per chip on multichip devices */ | ||
1246 | #define NAND_BBT_PERCHIP 0x00000080 | ||
1247 | /* bbt has a version counter at offset veroffs */ | ||
1248 | #define NAND_BBT_VERSION 0x00000100 | ||
1249 | /* Create a bbt if none axists */ | ||
1250 | #define NAND_BBT_CREATE 0x00000200 | ||
1251 | /* Search good / bad pattern through all pages of a block */ | ||
1252 | #define NAND_BBT_SCANALLPAGES 0x00000400 | ||
1253 | /* Scan block empty during good / bad block scan */ | ||
1254 | #define NAND_BBT_SCANEMPTY 0x00000800 | ||
1255 | /* Write bbt if neccecary */ | ||
1256 | #define NAND_BBT_WRITE 0x00001000 | ||
1257 | /* Read and write back block contents when writing bbt */ | ||
1258 | #define NAND_BBT_SAVECONTENT 0x00002000 | ||
1259 | </programlisting> | ||
1260 | </para> | ||
1261 | </sect1> | ||
1262 | |||
1263 | </chapter> | ||
1264 | |||
1265 | <chapter id="structs"> | ||
1266 | <title>Structures</title> | ||
1267 | <para> | ||
1268 | This chapter contains the autogenerated documentation of the structures which are | ||
1269 | used in the NAND driver and might be relevant for a driver developer. Each | ||
1270 | struct member has a short description which is marked with an [XXX] identifier. | ||
1271 | See the chapter "Documentation hints" for an explanation. | ||
1272 | </para> | ||
1273 | !Iinclude/linux/mtd/nand.h | ||
1274 | </chapter> | ||
1275 | |||
1276 | <chapter id="pubfunctions"> | ||
1277 | <title>Public Functions Provided</title> | ||
1278 | <para> | ||
1279 | This chapter contains the autogenerated documentation of the NAND kernel API functions | ||
1280 | which are exported. Each function has a short description which is marked with an [XXX] identifier. | ||
1281 | See the chapter "Documentation hints" for an explanation. | ||
1282 | </para> | ||
1283 | !Edrivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c | ||
1284 | !Edrivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c | ||
1285 | !Edrivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c | ||
1286 | </chapter> | ||
1287 | |||
1288 | <chapter id="intfunctions"> | ||
1289 | <title>Internal Functions Provided</title> | ||
1290 | <para> | ||
1291 | This chapter contains the autogenerated documentation of the NAND driver internal functions. | ||
1292 | Each function has a short description which is marked with an [XXX] identifier. | ||
1293 | See the chapter "Documentation hints" for an explanation. | ||
1294 | The functions marked with [DEFAULT] might be relevant for a board driver developer. | ||
1295 | </para> | ||
1296 | !Idrivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c | ||
1297 | !Idrivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c | ||
1298 | !Idrivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c | ||
1299 | </chapter> | ||
1300 | |||
1301 | <chapter id="credits"> | ||
1302 | <title>Credits</title> | ||
1303 | <para> | ||
1304 | The following people have contributed to the NAND driver: | ||
1305 | <orderedlist> | ||
1306 | <listitem><para>Steven J. Hill<email>sjhill@realitydiluted.com</email></para></listitem> | ||
1307 | <listitem><para>David Woodhouse<email>dwmw2@infradead.org</email></para></listitem> | ||
1308 | <listitem><para>Thomas Gleixner<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email></para></listitem> | ||
1309 | </orderedlist> | ||
1310 | A lot of users have provided bugfixes, improvements and helping hands for testing. | ||
1311 | Thanks a lot. | ||
1312 | </para> | ||
1313 | <para> | ||
1314 | The following people have contributed to this document: | ||
1315 | <orderedlist> | ||
1316 | <listitem><para>Thomas Gleixner<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email></para></listitem> | ||
1317 | </orderedlist> | ||
1318 | </para> | ||
1319 | </chapter> | ||
1320 | </book> | ||