[MTD] make dataflash write-verify be optional

This adds a WRITE_VERIFY Kconfig option to the DataFlash driver,
closely mirroring the similar NAND and ONENAND options, giving
an option to disable some code that's currently always enabled.

Removing this step probably saves a millisecond or so per page
when writing data, which will add up quickly since these pages
are small (the largest is 1 KiB).  It doesn't seem to add a
lot in terms of reliability, and wouldn't detect errors which
crop up when transferring data to the on-chip SRAM buffer.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Acked-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@atmel.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Victor <linux@maxim.org.za>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig
index 88f4df0..6fde0a2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ config MTD_DATAFLASH
 	  Sometimes DataFlash chips are packaged inside MMC-format
 	  cards; at this writing, the MMC stack won't handle those.
 
+config MTD_DATAFLASH_WRITE_VERIFY
+	bool "Verify DataFlash page writes"
+	depends on MTD_DATAFLASH
+	help
+	  This adds an extra check when data is written to the flash.
+	  It may help if you are verifying chip setup (timings etc) on
+	  your board.  There is a rare possibility that even though the
+	  device thinks the write was successful, a bit could have been
+	  flipped accidentally due to device wear or something else.
+
 config MTD_DATAFLASH_OTP
 	bool "DataFlash OTP support (Security Register)"
 	depends on MTD_DATAFLASH