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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index d5924635ead5..e197192331f9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -482,8 +482,9 @@ static int mtd_do_readoob(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint64_t start,
* to signal the caller that a bitflip has occured and has
* been corrected by the ECC algorithm.
*
- * Note: most NAND ECC algorithms do not calculate ECC
- * for the OOB area.
+ * Note: currently the standard NAND function, nand_read_oob_std,
+ * does not calculate ECC for the OOB area, so do not rely on
+ * this behavior unless you have replaced it with your own.
*/
if (ret == -EUCLEAN || ret == -EBADMSG)
return 0;