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-rw-r--r-- | include/mtd/ubi-user.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h index 19762d0..1c06d88 100644 --- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h +++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h @@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ enum { * @ubi_num: UBI device number to create * @mtd_num: MTD device number to attach * @vid_hdr_offset: VID header offset (use defaults if %0) + * @max_beb_per1024: maximum expected number of bad PEB per 1024 PEBs * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed * * This data structure is used to specify MTD device UBI has to attach and the @@ -243,12 +244,25 @@ enum { * be 2KiB-64 bytes = 1984. Note, that this position is not even 512-bytes * aligned, which is OK, as UBI is clever enough to realize this is 4th * sub-page of the first page and add needed padding. + * + * The @max_beb_per1024 is the maximum amount of bad PEBs UBI expects on the + * UBI device per 1024 eraseblocks. This value is often given in an other form + * in the NAND datasheet (min NVB i.e. minimal number of valid blocks). The + * maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 is then: + * 1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB) + * Which gives 20 for most NAND devices. This limit is used in order to derive + * amount of eraseblock UBI reserves for handling new bad blocks. If the device + * has more bad eraseblocks than this limit, UBI does not reserve any physical + * eraseblocks for new bad eraseblocks, but attempts to use available + * eraseblocks (if any). The accepted range is 0-768. If 0 is given, the + * default kernel value of %CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT will be used. */ struct ubi_attach_req { int32_t ubi_num; int32_t mtd_num; int32_t vid_hdr_offset; - int8_t padding[12]; + int16_t max_beb_per1024; + int8_t padding[10]; }; /** |