[PATCH v4 5/8] drivers: ram: Kconfig: Add CONFIG_K3_INLINE_ECC

Bryan Brattlof bb at ti.com
Wed Oct 23 16:45:59 CEST 2024


On October 21, 2024 thus sayeth Santhosh Kumar K:
> From: Neha Malcom Francis <n-francis at ti.com>
> 
> Add CONFIG_K3_INLINE_ECC so that ECC functions can be compiled into R5 SPL
> only when the config has been enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neha Malcom Francis <n-francis at ti.com>
> ---
>  drivers/ram/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ram/Kconfig b/drivers/ram/Kconfig
> index f7e357f24da7..533d0c629a64 100644
> --- a/drivers/ram/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/ram/Kconfig
> @@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ config IMXRT_SDRAM
>  	  to support external memories like sdram, psram & nand.
>  	  This driver is for the sdram memory interface with the SEMC.
>  
> +config K3_INLINE_ECC
> +	bool "Enable TI Inline ECC support"
> +	depends on K3_DDRSS
> +	help
> +	  Enable Inline ECC support on K3 platforms. 1/9th of the SDRAM space
> +	  is used for ECC storage and the rest 8/9th is available for system
> +	  use. Enabling ECC increases boot time as the ECC protected regions
> +	  need to be primed with a predefined value prior to enabling ECC
> +	  check.
> +

I agree size will always be a complaint at such an early stage of boot 
but we're already adding the ECC configuration in the memory{} node.

We should do one or the other but not both. It would be hard to debug 
problems if someone added the protected{} node but not enable this 
config


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