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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mtd/nand.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mtd/nand.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h index 3e92be1d2d43..518958115182 100644 --- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h +++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h @@ -456,7 +456,13 @@ struct nand_hw_control { * @hwctl: function to control hardware ECC generator. Must only * be provided if an hardware ECC is available * @calculate: function for ECC calculation or readback from ECC hardware - * @correct: function for ECC correction, matching to ECC generator (sw/hw) + * @correct: function for ECC correction, matching to ECC generator (sw/hw). + * Should return a positive number representing the number of + * corrected bitflips, -EBADMSG if the number of bitflips exceed + * ECC strength, or any other error code if the error is not + * directly related to correction. + * If -EBADMSG is returned the input buffers should be left + * untouched. * @read_page_raw: function to read a raw page without ECC. This function * should hide the specific layout used by the ECC * controller and always return contiguous in-band and |