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From: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Cc: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>,
	 David Jander <david@protonic.nl>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] ARM: i.MX8: add DDRC-ECC support
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:23:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260304-v2026-02-0-topic-imx8-ecc-v1-0-700698530c5c@pengutronix.de> (raw)

The i.MX8 DDRC controller supports using inline ECC with the DDR RAM.
Inline ECC reduces the usable RAM size by 1/8: 7/8 RAM is for data and
1/8 RAM is for the ECC bits. Also, measuring random memory writes in
linux with

    stress-ng --memthrash 4 --memthrash-method chunk1 -t 1m --metrics

shows a performance decrease by ~10%.

If a board wants to support ECC, the lpddr4 RAM settings in the
according lpddr4-timing-* must be adapted to enable and configure the
ECC registers.
Also, a board_dram_ecc_scrub() function must be provided, so that the
RAM is initialized on startup.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>
---
David Jander (3):
      arm: mach-imx: esdctl.c: Add support for imx8mp inline ECC
      drivers: ddr: imx8m: ddr_init.c: support ECC scrubbing
      arm: boards: protonic-imx8ml: Add ECC + scrubbing

Steffen Trumtrar (1):
      ARM: i.MX: esdctl: fix spelling of ad(d)ress

 .../boards/protonic-imx8m/lpddr4-timing-prt8ml.c   | 25 ++++++-
 arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-prt8ml.dts                     | 10 ++-
 arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig                          |  8 ++
 arch/arm/mach-imx/esdctl.c                         | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 drivers/ddr/imx/imx8m_ddr_init.c                   | 73 ++++++++++++++++++
 include/soc/imx8m/ddr.h                            | 11 +++
 6 files changed, 203 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: f4122cb473bf8ca2d3d84cf7cd3c981d1da3309f
change-id: 20260304-v2026-02-0-topic-imx8-ecc-9206fee1f037

Best regards,
-- 
Steffen Trumtrar <s.trumtrar@pengutronix.de>




             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-04 11:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-04 11:23 Steffen Trumtrar [this message]
2026-03-04 11:23 ` [PATCH 1/4] ARM: i.MX: esdctl: fix spelling of ad(d)ress Steffen Trumtrar
2026-03-04 11:23 ` [PATCH 2/4] arm: mach-imx: esdctl.c: Add support for imx8mp inline ECC Steffen Trumtrar
2026-03-04 11:23 ` [PATCH 3/4] drivers: ddr: imx8m: ddr_init.c: support ECC scrubbing Steffen Trumtrar
2026-03-04 11:43   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-03-04 12:23     ` David Jander
2026-03-04 12:33       ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-03-04 13:14         ` David Jander
2026-03-04 11:23 ` [PATCH 4/4] arm: boards: protonic-imx8ml: Add ECC + scrubbing Steffen Trumtrar
2026-03-04 11:34   ` Ahmad Fatoum

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