diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/Makefile
index 966fcab71b..5566310d94 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/Makefile
@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@ obj-y	+= ddr.o
 obj-y	+= emif4.o
 obj-y	+= board.o
 obj-y	+= mux.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_GPMC)	+= elm.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/mem.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/mem.c
index b6eb46678f..56c9e7dbce 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/mem.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/mem.c
@@ -22,17 +22,6 @@
 
 struct gpmc *gpmc_cfg;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_NAND)
-static const u32 gpmc_m_nand[GPMC_MAX_REG] = {
-	M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG1,
-	M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG2,
-	M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG3,
-	M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG4,
-	M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG5,
-	M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG6, 0
-};
-#endif
-
 
 void enable_gpmc_cs_config(const u32 *gpmc_config, struct gpmc_cs *cs, u32 base,
 			u32 size)
@@ -61,11 +50,34 @@ void gpmc_init(void)
 {
 	/* putting a blanket check on GPMC based on ZeBu for now */
 	gpmc_cfg = (struct gpmc *)GPMC_BASE;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NAND
-	const u32 *gpmc_config = NULL;
-	u32 base = 0;
+#if defined(CONFIG_NOR)
+/* configure GPMC for NOR */
+	const u32 gpmc_regs[GPMC_MAX_REG] = {	STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG1,
+						STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG2,
+						STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG3,
+						STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG4,
+						STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG5,
+						STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG6,
+						STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG7
+						};
+	u32 size = GPMC_SIZE_16M;
+	u32 base = CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE;
+#elif defined(CONFIG_NAND)
+/* configure GPMC for NAND */
+	const u32  gpmc_regs[GPMC_MAX_REG] = {	M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG1,
+						M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG2,
+						M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG3,
+						M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG4,
+						M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG5,
+						M_NAND_GPMC_CONFIG6,
+						0
+						};
+	u32 size = GPMC_SIZE_256M;
+	u32 base = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BASE;
+#else
+	const u32 gpmc_regs[GPMC_MAX_REG] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
 	u32 size = 0;
+	u32 base = 0;
 #endif
 	/* global settings */
 	writel(0x00000008, &gpmc_cfg->sysconfig);
@@ -81,12 +93,6 @@ void gpmc_init(void)
 	 */
 	writel(0, &gpmc_cfg->cs[0].config7);
 	sdelay(1000);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NAND
-	gpmc_config = gpmc_m_nand;
-
-	base = PISMO1_NAND_BASE;
-	size = PISMO1_NAND_SIZE;
-	enable_gpmc_cs_config(gpmc_config, &gpmc_cfg->cs[0], base, size);
-#endif
+	/* enable chip-select specific configurations */
+	enable_gpmc_cs_config(gpmc_regs, &gpmc_cfg->cs[0], base, size);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/mem.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/mem.h
index 983ea28dc0..e7e8c58b00 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/mem.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/mem.h
@@ -68,9 +68,4 @@
 #define PISMO2_NAND_CS0		7
 #define PISMO2_NAND_CS1		8
 
-/* make it readable for the gpmc_init */
-#define PISMO1_NOR_BASE	FLASH_BASE
-#define PISMO1_NAND_BASE	CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BASE
-#define PISMO1_NAND_SIZE	GPMC_SIZE_256M
-
 #endif /* endif _MEM_H_ */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/elm.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_elm.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arm/include/asm/arch-am33xx/elm.h
rename to arch/arm/include/asm/omap_elm.h
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_gpmc.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_gpmc.h
index dd40cb6c16..d4143ecd80 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_gpmc.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_gpmc.h
@@ -68,4 +68,20 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+enum omap_ecc {
+	/* 1-bit  ECC calculation by Software, Error detection by Software */
+	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW = 1, /* avoid un-initialized int can be 0x0 */
+	/* 1-bit  ECC calculation by GPMC, Error detection by Software */
+	/* ECC layout compatible to legacy ROMCODE. */
+	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW,
+	/* 4-bit  ECC calculation by GPMC, Error detection by Software */
+	OMAP_ECC_BCH4_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW,
+	/* 4-bit  ECC calculation by GPMC, Error detection by ELM */
+	OMAP_ECC_BCH4_CODE_HW,
+	/* 8-bit  ECC calculation by GPMC, Error detection by Software */
+	OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW,
+	/* 8-bit  ECC calculation by GPMC, Error detection by ELM */
+	OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW,
+};
+
 #endif /* __ASM_OMAP_GPMC_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/fsl_ifc.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/fsl_ifc.c
index 2d0fb433bc..64a52258a0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/fsl_ifc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/fsl_ifc.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ void init_early_memctl_regs(void)
 #ifndef CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSPR0_EXT
 	set_ifc_cspr_ext(IFC_CS0, CONFIG_SYS_CSPR0_EXT);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSOR0_EXT
+	set_ifc_csor_ext(IFC_CS0, CONFIG_SYS_CSOR0_EXT);
 #endif
 	set_ifc_cspr(IFC_CS0, CONFIG_SYS_CSPR0);
 	set_ifc_amask(IFC_CS0, CONFIG_SYS_AMASK0);
@@ -43,6 +46,9 @@ void init_early_memctl_regs(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSPR1_EXT
 	set_ifc_cspr_ext(IFC_CS1, CONFIG_SYS_CSPR1_EXT);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSOR1_EXT
+	set_ifc_csor_ext(IFC_CS1, CONFIG_SYS_CSOR1_EXT);
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSPR1) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSOR1)
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS1, IFC_FTIM0, CONFIG_SYS_CS1_FTIM0);
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS1, IFC_FTIM1, CONFIG_SYS_CS1_FTIM1);
@@ -57,6 +63,9 @@ void init_early_memctl_regs(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSPR2_EXT
 	set_ifc_cspr_ext(IFC_CS2, CONFIG_SYS_CSPR2_EXT);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSOR2_EXT
+	set_ifc_csor_ext(IFC_CS2, CONFIG_SYS_CSOR2_EXT);
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSPR2) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSOR2)
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS2, IFC_FTIM0, CONFIG_SYS_CS2_FTIM0);
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS2, IFC_FTIM1, CONFIG_SYS_CS2_FTIM1);
@@ -71,6 +80,9 @@ void init_early_memctl_regs(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSPR3_EXT
 	set_ifc_cspr_ext(IFC_CS3, CONFIG_SYS_CSPR3_EXT);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSOR3_EXT
+	set_ifc_csor_ext(IFC_CS3, CONFIG_SYS_CSOR3_EXT);
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSPR3) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSOR3)
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS3, IFC_FTIM0, CONFIG_SYS_CS3_FTIM0);
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS3, IFC_FTIM1, CONFIG_SYS_CS3_FTIM1);
@@ -85,6 +97,9 @@ void init_early_memctl_regs(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSPR4_EXT
 	set_ifc_cspr_ext(IFC_CS4, CONFIG_SYS_CSPR4_EXT);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSOR4_EXT
+	set_ifc_csor_ext(IFC_CS4, CONFIG_SYS_CSOR4_EXT);
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSPR4) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSOR4)
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS4, IFC_FTIM0, CONFIG_SYS_CS4_FTIM0);
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS4, IFC_FTIM1, CONFIG_SYS_CS4_FTIM1);
@@ -99,6 +114,9 @@ void init_early_memctl_regs(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSPR5_EXT
 	set_ifc_cspr_ext(IFC_CS5, CONFIG_SYS_CSPR5_EXT);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSOR5_EXT
+	set_ifc_csor_ext(IFC_CS5, CONFIG_SYS_CSOR5_EXT);
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSPR5) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSOR5)
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS5, IFC_FTIM0, CONFIG_SYS_CS5_FTIM0);
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS5, IFC_FTIM1, CONFIG_SYS_CS5_FTIM1);
@@ -113,6 +131,9 @@ void init_early_memctl_regs(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSPR6_EXT
 	set_ifc_cspr_ext(IFC_CS6, CONFIG_SYS_CSPR6_EXT);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSOR6_EXT
+	set_ifc_csor_ext(IFC_CS6, CONFIG_SYS_CSOR6_EXT);
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSPR6) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSOR6)
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS6, IFC_FTIM0, CONFIG_SYS_CS6_FTIM0);
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS6, IFC_FTIM1, CONFIG_SYS_CS6_FTIM1);
@@ -127,6 +148,9 @@ void init_early_memctl_regs(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSPR7_EXT
 	set_ifc_cspr_ext(IFC_CS7, CONFIG_SYS_CSPR7_EXT);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CSOR7_EXT
+	set_ifc_csor_ext(IFC_CS7, CONFIG_SYS_CSOR7_EXT);
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSPR7) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_CSOR7)
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS7, IFC_FTIM0, CONFIG_SYS_CS7_FTIM0);
 	set_ifc_ftim(IFC_CS7, IFC_FTIM1, CONFIG_SYS_CS7_FTIM1);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fsl_ifc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fsl_ifc.h
index a945e4b2d4..182b1a6333 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fsl_ifc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/fsl_ifc.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 #define CSOR_NAND_PGS_512		0x00000000
 #define CSOR_NAND_PGS_2K		0x00080000
 #define CSOR_NAND_PGS_4K		0x00100000
+#define CSOR_NAND_PGS_8K		0x00180000
 /* Spare region Size */
 #define CSOR_NAND_SPRZ_MASK		0x0000E000
 #define CSOR_NAND_SPRZ_SHIFT		13
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@
 #define CSOR_NAND_SPRZ_210		0x00006000
 #define CSOR_NAND_SPRZ_218		0x00008000
 #define CSOR_NAND_SPRZ_224		0x0000A000
+#define CSOR_NAND_SPRZ_CSOR_EXT	0x0000C000
 /* Pages Per Block */
 #define CSOR_NAND_PB_MASK		0x00000700
 #define CSOR_NAND_PB_SHIFT		8
diff --git a/board/atmel/sama5d3xek/sama5d3xek.c b/board/atmel/sama5d3xek/sama5d3xek.c
index b0965ef211..83fd63f541 100644
--- a/board/atmel/sama5d3xek/sama5d3xek.c
+++ b/board/atmel/sama5d3xek/sama5d3xek.c
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ static void sama5d3xek_lcd_hw_init(void)
 
 void lcd_show_board_info(void)
 {
-	ulong dram_size, nand_size;
+	ulong dram_size;
+	uint64_t nand_size;
 	int i;
 	char temp[32];
 
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ void lcd_show_board_info(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_DEVICE; i++)
 		nand_size += nand_info[i].size;
 #endif
-	lcd_printf("%ld MB SDRAM, %ld MB NAND\n",
+	lcd_printf("%ld MB SDRAM, %lld MB NAND\n",
 		   dram_size >> 20, nand_size >> 20);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_LCD_INFO */
diff --git a/board/ti/am335x/board.c b/board/ti/am335x/board.c
index 8edd21b119..db225ce1d9 100644
--- a/board/ti/am335x/board.c
+++ b/board/ti/am335x/board.c
@@ -481,26 +481,14 @@ void sdram_init(void)
  */
 int board_init(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NOR
-	const u32 gpmc_nor[GPMC_MAX_REG] = { STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG1,
-		STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG2, STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG3, STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG4,
-		STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG5, STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG6, STNOR_GPMC_CONFIG7 };
-#endif
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG)
 	hw_watchdog_init();
 #endif
 
 	gd->bd->bi_boot_params = CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + 0x100;
-
+#if defined(CONFIG_NOR) || defined(CONFIG_NAND)
 	gpmc_init();
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_NOR
-	/* Reconfigure CS0 for NOR instead of NAND. */
-	enable_gpmc_cs_config(gpmc_nor, &gpmc_cfg->cs[0],
-			      CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE, GPMC_SIZE_16M);
 #endif
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/doc/README.nand b/doc/README.nand
index 913e9b50b8..b91f1985d1 100644
--- a/doc/README.nand
+++ b/doc/README.nand
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ Configuration Options:
    CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_DEVICE
       The maximum number of NAND devices you want to support.
 
+   CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_ECCPOS
+      If specified, overrides the maximum number of ECC bytes
+      supported.  Useful for reducing image size, especially with SPL.
+      This must be at least 48 if nand_base.c is used.
+
+   CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_OOBFREE
+      If specified, overrides the maximum number of free OOB regions
+      supported.  Useful for reducing image size, especially with SPL.
+      This must be at least 2 if nand_base.c is used.
+
    CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_CHIPS
       The maximum number of NAND chips per device to be supported.
 
@@ -169,6 +179,59 @@ Configuration Options:
       Please convert your driver even if you don't need the extra
       flexibility, so that one day we can eliminate the old mechanism.
 
+
+   CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION
+	Enables detection of ONFI compliant devices during probe.
+	And fetching device parameters flashed on device, by parsing
+	ONFI parameter page.
+
+   CONFIG_BCH
+	Enables software based BCH ECC algorithm present in lib/bch.c
+	This is used by SoC platforms which do not have built-in ELM
+	hardware engine required for BCH ECC correction.
+
+
+Platform specific options
+=========================
+   CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_GPMC
+	Enables omap_gpmc.c driver for OMAPx and AMxxxx platforms.
+	GPMC controller is used for parallel NAND flash devices, and can
+	do ECC calculation (not ECC error detection) for HAM1, BCH4, BCH8
+	and BCH16 ECC algorithms.
+
+   CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM
+	Enables omap_elm.c driver for OMAPx and AMxxxx platforms.
+	ELM controller is used for ECC error detection (not ECC calculation)
+	of BCH4, BCH8 and BCH16 ECC algorithms.
+	Some legacy platforms like OMAP3xx do not have in-built ELM h/w engine,
+	thus such SoC platforms need to depend on software library for ECC error
+	detection. However ECC calculation on such plaforms would still be
+	done by GPMC controller.
+
+   CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME
+	On OMAP platforms, this CONFIG specifies NAND ECC scheme.
+	It can take following values:
+	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW
+		1-bit Hamming code using software lib.
+		(for legacy devices only)
+	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
+		1-bit Hamming code using GPMC hardware.
+		(for legacy devices only)
+	OMAP_ECC_BCH4_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW
+		4-bit BCH code (unsupported)
+	OMAP_ECC_BCH4_CODE_HW
+		4-bit BCH code (unsupported)
+	OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW
+		8-bit BCH code with
+		- ecc calculation using GPMC hardware engine,
+		- error detection using software library.
+		- requires CONFIG_BCH to enable software BCH library
+		(For legacy device which do not have ELM h/w engine)
+	OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW
+		8-bit BCH code with
+		- ecc calculation using GPMC hardware engine,
+		- error detection using ELM hardware engine.
+
 NOTE:
 =====
 
diff --git a/doc/README.omap3 b/doc/README.omap3
index 1fbe79db37..a62c357405 100644
--- a/doc/README.omap3
+++ b/doc/README.omap3
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ BCH8
 
 To enable hardware assisted BCH8 (8-bit BCH [Bose, Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem]) on
 OMAP3 devices we can use the BCH library in lib/bch.c. To do so add CONFIG_BCH
-to enable the library and CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_BCH8 to to enable hardware assisted
-syndrom generation to your board config.
+and set CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME=5 (refer README.nand) for selecting BCH8_SW.
 The NAND OOB layout is the same as in linux kernel, if the linux kernel BCH8
 implementation for OMAP3 works for you so the u-boot version should also.
 When you require the SPL to read with BCH8 there are two more configs to
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile
index eb1eafaf06..e145cd1842 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NAND_S3C2410) += s3c2410_nand.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NAND_SPEAR) += spr_nand.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEGRA_NAND) += tegra_nand.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_GPMC) += omap_gpmc.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM) += omap_elm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NAND_PLAT) += nand_plat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NAND_DOCG4) += docg4.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
index da83f06e47..16b7df0f72 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int pmecc_err_location(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	}
 
 	if (!timeout) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "atmel_nand : Timeout to calculate PMECC error location\n");
+		dev_err(host->dev, "atmel_nand : Timeout to calculate PMECC error location\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static void pmecc_correct_data(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf, uint8_t *ecc,
 			*(buf + byte_pos) ^= (1 << bit_pos);
 
 			pos = sector_num * host->pmecc_sector_size + byte_pos;
-			printk(KERN_INFO "Bit flip in data area, byte_pos: %d, bit_pos: %d, 0x%02x -> 0x%02x\n",
+			dev_dbg(host->dev, "Bit flip in data area, byte_pos: %d, bit_pos: %d, 0x%02x -> 0x%02x\n",
 				pos, bit_pos, err_byte, *(buf + byte_pos));
 		} else {
 			/* Bit flip in OOB area */
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static void pmecc_correct_data(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf, uint8_t *ecc,
 			ecc[tmp] ^= (1 << bit_pos);
 
 			pos = tmp + nand_chip->ecc.layout->eccpos[0];
-			printk(KERN_INFO "Bit flip in OOB, oob_byte_pos: %d, bit_pos: %d, 0x%02x -> 0x%02x\n",
+			dev_dbg(host->dev, "Bit flip in OOB, oob_byte_pos: %d, bit_pos: %d, 0x%02x -> 0x%02x\n",
 				pos, bit_pos, err_byte, ecc[tmp]);
 		}
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ normal_check:
 
 			err_nbr = pmecc_err_location(mtd);
 			if (err_nbr == -1) {
-				printk(KERN_ERR "PMECC: Too many errors\n");
+				dev_err(host->dev, "PMECC: Too many errors\n");
 				mtd->ecc_stats.failed++;
 				return -EIO;
 			} else {
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static int atmel_nand_pmecc_read_page(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	}
 
 	if (!timeout) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "atmel_nand : Timeout to read PMECC page\n");
+		dev_err(host->dev, "atmel_nand : Timeout to read PMECC page\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static int atmel_nand_pmecc_write_page(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	}
 
 	if (!timeout) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "atmel_nand : Timeout to read PMECC status, fail to write PMECC in oob\n");
+		dev_err(host->dev, "atmel_nand : Timeout to read PMECC status, fail to write PMECC in oob\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ static int atmel_pmecc_nand_init_params(struct nand_chip *nand,
 	switch (mtd->writesize) {
 	case 2048:
 	case 4096:
+	case 8192:
 		host->pmecc_degree = (sector_size == 512) ?
 			PMECC_GF_DIMENSION_13 : PMECC_GF_DIMENSION_14;
 		host->pmecc_cw_len = (1 << host->pmecc_degree) - 1;
@@ -840,8 +841,15 @@ static int atmel_pmecc_nand_init_params(struct nand_chip *nand,
 		nand->ecc.steps = 1;
 		nand->ecc.bytes = host->pmecc_bytes_per_sector *
 				       host->pmecc_sector_number;
+
+		if (nand->ecc.bytes > MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES_LARGE) {
+			dev_err(host->dev, "too large eccpos entries. max support ecc.bytes is %d\n",
+					MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES_LARGE);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
 		if (nand->ecc.bytes > mtd->oobsize - 2) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "No room for ECC bytes\n");
+			dev_err(host->dev, "No room for ECC bytes\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		pmecc_config_ecc_layout(&atmel_pmecc_oobinfo,
@@ -852,7 +860,7 @@ static int atmel_pmecc_nand_init_params(struct nand_chip *nand,
 	case 512:
 	case 1024:
 		/* TODO */
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Unsupported page size for PMECC, use Software ECC\n");
+		dev_err(host->dev, "Unsupported page size for PMECC, use Software ECC\n");
 	default:
 		/* page size not handled by HW ECC */
 		/* switching back to soft ECC */
@@ -1035,7 +1043,7 @@ static int atmel_nand_correct(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *dat,
 		/* it doesn't seems to be a freshly
 		 * erased block.
 		 * We can't correct so many errors */
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "atmel_nand : multiple errors detected."
+		dev_warn(host->dev, "atmel_nand : multiple errors detected."
 				" Unable to correct.\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
@@ -1045,12 +1053,12 @@ static int atmel_nand_correct(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *dat,
 		/* there's nothing much to do here.
 		 * the bit error is on the ECC itself.
 		 */
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "atmel_nand : one bit error on ECC code."
+		dev_warn(host->dev, "atmel_nand : one bit error on ECC code."
 				" Nothing to correct\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "atmel_nand : one bit error on data."
+	dev_warn(host->dev, "atmel_nand : one bit error on data."
 			" (word offset in the page :"
 			" 0x%x bit offset : 0x%x)\n",
 			ecc_word, ecc_bit);
@@ -1062,7 +1070,7 @@ static int atmel_nand_correct(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *dat,
 		/* 8 bits words */
 		dat[ecc_word] ^= (1 << ecc_bit);
 	}
-	printk(KERN_WARNING "atmel_nand : error corrected\n");
+	dev_warn(host->dev, "atmel_nand : error corrected\n");
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1178,7 +1186,11 @@ int atmel_nand_chip_init(int devnum, ulong base_addr)
 	mtd->priv = nand;
 	nand->IO_ADDR_R = nand->IO_ADDR_W = (void  __iomem *)base_addr;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NAND_ECC_BCH
+	nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_SOFT_BCH;
+#else
 	nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_SOFT;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_DBW_16
 	nand->options = NAND_BUSWIDTH_16;
 #endif
@@ -1186,7 +1198,7 @@ int atmel_nand_chip_init(int devnum, ulong base_addr)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_READY_PIN
 	nand->dev_ready = at91_nand_ready;
 #endif
-	nand->chip_delay = 20;
+	nand->chip_delay = 75;
 
 	ret = nand_scan_ident(mtd, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_CHIPS, NULL);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1214,6 +1226,6 @@ void board_nand_init(void)
 	int i;
 	for (i = 0; i < CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_DEVICE; i++)
 		if (atmel_nand_chip_init(i, base_addr[i]))
-			printk(KERN_ERR "atmel_nand: Fail to initialize #%d chip",
+			dev_err(host->dev, "atmel_nand: Fail to initialize #%d chip",
 				i);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c
index 98a09c0641..49b63af85d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c
@@ -125,6 +125,69 @@ static struct nand_ecclayout oob_4096_ecc8 = {
 	.oobfree = { {2, 6}, {136, 82} },
 };
 
+/* 8192-byte page size with 4-bit ECC */
+static struct nand_ecclayout oob_8192_ecc4 = {
+	.eccbytes = 128,
+	.eccpos = {
+		8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
+		16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
+		24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
+		32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
+		40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,
+		48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,
+		56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,
+		64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71,
+		72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79,
+		80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87,
+		88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95,
+		96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103,
+		104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111,
+		112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119,
+		120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127,
+		128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135,
+	},
+	.oobfree = { {2, 6}, {136, 208} },
+};
+
+/* 8192-byte page size with 8-bit ECC -- requires 218-byte OOB */
+static struct nand_ecclayout oob_8192_ecc8 = {
+	.eccbytes = 256,
+	.eccpos = {
+		8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
+		16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,
+		24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
+		32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
+		40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,
+		48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,
+		56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,
+		64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71,
+		72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79,
+		80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87,
+		88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95,
+		96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103,
+		104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111,
+		112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119,
+		120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127,
+		128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135,
+		136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143,
+		144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151,
+		152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159,
+		160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167,
+		168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175,
+		176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183,
+		184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191,
+		192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199,
+		200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207,
+		208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215,
+		216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223,
+		224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231,
+		232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239,
+		240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247,
+		248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255,
+		256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263,
+	},
+	.oobfree = { {2, 6}, {264, 80} },
+};
 
 /*
  * Generic flash bbt descriptors
@@ -428,20 +491,27 @@ static void fsl_ifc_cmdfunc(struct mtd_info *mtd, unsigned int command,
 		if (mtd->writesize > 512) {
 			nand_fcr0 =
 				(NAND_CMD_SEQIN << IFC_NAND_FCR0_CMD0_SHIFT) |
-				(NAND_CMD_PAGEPROG << IFC_NAND_FCR0_CMD1_SHIFT);
+				(NAND_CMD_STATUS << IFC_NAND_FCR0_CMD1_SHIFT) |
+				(NAND_CMD_PAGEPROG << IFC_NAND_FCR0_CMD2_SHIFT);
 
 			out_be32(&ifc->ifc_nand.nand_fir0,
 				 (IFC_FIR_OP_CW0 << IFC_NAND_FIR0_OP0_SHIFT) |
 				 (IFC_FIR_OP_CA0 << IFC_NAND_FIR0_OP1_SHIFT) |
 				 (IFC_FIR_OP_RA0 << IFC_NAND_FIR0_OP2_SHIFT) |
 				 (IFC_FIR_OP_WBCD  << IFC_NAND_FIR0_OP3_SHIFT) |
-				 (IFC_FIR_OP_CW1 << IFC_NAND_FIR0_OP4_SHIFT));
-			out_be32(&ifc->ifc_nand.nand_fir1, 0);
+				 (IFC_FIR_OP_CMD2 << IFC_NAND_FIR0_OP4_SHIFT));
+			out_be32(&ifc->ifc_nand.nand_fir1,
+				 (IFC_FIR_OP_CW1 << IFC_NAND_FIR1_OP5_SHIFT) |
+				 (IFC_FIR_OP_RDSTAT <<
+					IFC_NAND_FIR1_OP6_SHIFT) |
+				 (IFC_FIR_OP_NOP << IFC_NAND_FIR1_OP7_SHIFT));
 		} else {
 			nand_fcr0 = ((NAND_CMD_PAGEPROG <<
 					IFC_NAND_FCR0_CMD1_SHIFT) |
 				    (NAND_CMD_SEQIN <<
-					IFC_NAND_FCR0_CMD2_SHIFT));
+					IFC_NAND_FCR0_CMD2_SHIFT) |
+				    (NAND_CMD_STATUS <<
+					IFC_NAND_FCR0_CMD3_SHIFT));
 
 			out_be32(&ifc->ifc_nand.nand_fir0,
 				 (IFC_FIR_OP_CW0 << IFC_NAND_FIR0_OP0_SHIFT) |
@@ -450,7 +520,11 @@ static void fsl_ifc_cmdfunc(struct mtd_info *mtd, unsigned int command,
 				 (IFC_FIR_OP_RA0 << IFC_NAND_FIR0_OP3_SHIFT) |
 				 (IFC_FIR_OP_WBCD << IFC_NAND_FIR0_OP4_SHIFT));
 			out_be32(&ifc->ifc_nand.nand_fir1,
-				 (IFC_FIR_OP_CW1 << IFC_NAND_FIR1_OP5_SHIFT));
+				 (IFC_FIR_OP_CMD1 << IFC_NAND_FIR1_OP5_SHIFT) |
+				 (IFC_FIR_OP_CW3 << IFC_NAND_FIR1_OP6_SHIFT) |
+				 (IFC_FIR_OP_RDSTAT <<
+					IFC_NAND_FIR1_OP7_SHIFT) |
+				 (IFC_FIR_OP_NOP << IFC_NAND_FIR1_OP8_SHIFT));
 
 			if (column >= mtd->writesize)
 				nand_fcr0 |=
@@ -902,6 +976,21 @@ static int fsl_ifc_chip_init(int devnum, u8 *addr)
 		priv->bufnum_mask = 1;
 		break;
 
+	case CSOR_NAND_PGS_8K:
+		if ((csor & CSOR_NAND_ECC_MODE_MASK) ==
+		    CSOR_NAND_ECC_MODE_4) {
+			layout = &oob_8192_ecc4;
+			nand->ecc.strength = 4;
+		} else {
+			layout = &oob_8192_ecc8;
+			nand->ecc.strength = 8;
+			nand->ecc.bytes = 16;
+		}
+
+		priv->bufnum_mask = 0;
+		break;
+
+
 	default:
 		printf("ifc nand: bad csor %#x: bad page size\n", csor);
 		return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_spl.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_spl.c
index d4622653fa..9fa5ccbc56 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_spl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_spl.c
@@ -112,10 +112,13 @@ static void nand_load(unsigned int offs, int uboot_size, uchar *dst)
 
 	port_size = (cspr & CSPR_PORT_SIZE_16) ? 16 : 8;
 
-	if (csor & CSOR_NAND_PGS_4K) {
+	if ((csor & CSOR_NAND_PGS_MASK) == CSOR_NAND_PGS_8K) {
+		page_size = 8192;
+		bufnum_mask = 0x0;
+	} else if ((csor & CSOR_NAND_PGS_MASK) == CSOR_NAND_PGS_4K) {
 		page_size = 4096;
 		bufnum_mask = 0x1;
-	} else if (csor & CSOR_NAND_PGS_2K) {
+	} else if ((csor & CSOR_NAND_PGS_MASK) == CSOR_NAND_PGS_2K) {
 		page_size = 2048;
 		bufnum_mask = 0x3;
 	} else {
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/elm.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_elm.c
similarity index 97%
rename from arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/elm.c
rename to drivers/mtd/nand/omap_elm.c
index 8f1d6afdd3..2aa7807f3e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/elm.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_elm.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <asm/errno.h>
 #include <asm/arch/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/omap_gpmc.h>
-#include <asm/arch/elm.h>
+#include <asm/omap_elm.h>
 
 #define ELM_DEFAULT_POLY (0)
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int elm_check_error(u8 *syndrome, u32 nibbles, u32 *error_count,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < *error_count; i++) {
 		error_locations[i] =
-			readl(&elm_cfg->error_location[poly].error_location_x[i]);
+		     readl(&elm_cfg->error_location[poly].error_location_x[i]);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void elm_reset(void)
 {
 	/* initiate reset */
 	writel((readl(&elm_cfg->sysconfig) | ELM_SYSCONFIG_SOFTRESET),
-				&elm_cfg->sysconfig);
+			&elm_cfg->sysconfig);
 
 	/* wait for reset complete and normal operation */
 	while ((readl(&elm_cfg->sysstatus) & ELM_SYSSTATUS_RESETDONE) !=
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c
index ec1787f224..5e7e6b3375 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c
@@ -15,15 +15,13 @@
 #include <linux/bch.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <nand.h>
-#ifdef CONFIG_AM33XX
-#include <asm/arch/elm.h>
-#endif
+#include <asm/omap_elm.h>
+
+#define BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH	2
+#define SECTOR_BYTES		512
 
 static uint8_t cs;
-static __maybe_unused struct nand_ecclayout hw_nand_oob =
-	GPMC_NAND_HW_ECC_LAYOUT;
-static __maybe_unused struct nand_ecclayout hw_bch8_nand_oob =
-	GPMC_NAND_HW_BCH8_ECC_LAYOUT;
+static __maybe_unused struct nand_ecclayout omap_ecclayout;
 
 /*
  * omap_nand_hwcontrol - Set the address pointers corretly for the
@@ -233,6 +231,7 @@ struct nand_bch_priv {
 	uint8_t type;
 	uint8_t nibbles;
 	struct bch_control *control;
+	enum omap_ecc ecc_scheme;
 };
 
 /* bch types */
@@ -274,17 +273,15 @@ static void omap_hwecc_init_bch(struct nand_chip *chip, int32_t mode)
 {
 	uint32_t val;
 	uint32_t dev_width = (chip->options & NAND_BUSWIDTH_16) >> 1;
-#ifdef CONFIG_AM33XX
 	uint32_t unused_length = 0;
-#endif
 	uint32_t wr_mode = BCH_WRAPMODE_6;
 	struct nand_bch_priv *bch = chip->priv;
 
 	/* Clear the ecc result registers, select ecc reg as 1 */
 	writel(ECCCLEAR | ECCRESULTREG1, &gpmc_cfg->ecc_control);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_AM33XX
-	wr_mode = BCH_WRAPMODE_1;
+	if (bch->ecc_scheme == OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW) {
+		wr_mode = BCH_WRAPMODE_1;
 
 	switch (bch->nibbles) {
 	case ECC_BCH4_NIBBLES:
@@ -320,7 +317,7 @@ static void omap_hwecc_init_bch(struct nand_chip *chip, int32_t mode)
 		val |= (unused_length << 22);
 		break;
 	}
-#else
+	} else {
 	/*
 	 * This ecc_size_config setting is for BCH sw library.
 	 *
@@ -333,7 +330,7 @@ static void omap_hwecc_init_bch(struct nand_chip *chip, int32_t mode)
 	 *  size1 = 32 (skip 32 nibbles = 16 bytes per sector in spare area)
 	 */
 	val = (32 << 22) | (0 << 12);
-#endif
+	}
 	/* ecc size configuration */
 	writel(val, &gpmc_cfg->ecc_size_config);
 
@@ -376,9 +373,9 @@ static void __maybe_unused omap_ecc_disable(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 }
 
 /*
- * BCH8 support (needs ELM and thus AM33xx-only)
+ * BCH support using ELM module
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_AM33XX
+#ifdef CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM
 /*
  * omap_read_bch8_result - Read BCH result for BCH8 level
  *
@@ -631,20 +628,20 @@ static int omap_read_page_bch(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_AM33XX */
+#endif /* CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM */
 
 /*
  * OMAP3 BCH8 support (with BCH library)
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_BCH8
+#ifdef CONFIG_BCH
 /*
- *  omap_calculate_ecc_bch - Read BCH ECC result
+ *  omap_calculate_ecc_bch_sw - Read BCH ECC result
  *
  *  @mtd:	MTD device structure
  *  @dat:	The pointer to data on which ecc is computed (unused here)
  *  @ecc:	The ECC output buffer
  */
-static int omap_calculate_ecc_bch(struct mtd_info *mtd, const uint8_t *dat,
+static int omap_calculate_ecc_bch_sw(struct mtd_info *mtd, const uint8_t *dat,
 				uint8_t *ecc)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -689,13 +686,13 @@ static int omap_calculate_ecc_bch(struct mtd_info *mtd, const uint8_t *dat,
 }
 
 /**
- * omap_correct_data_bch - Decode received data and correct errors
+ * omap_correct_data_bch_sw - Decode received data and correct errors
  * @mtd: MTD device structure
  * @data: page data
  * @read_ecc: ecc read from nand flash
  * @calc_ecc: ecc read from HW ECC registers
  */
-static int omap_correct_data_bch(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *data,
+static int omap_correct_data_bch_sw(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *data,
 				 u_char *read_ecc, u_char *calc_ecc)
 {
 	int i, count;
@@ -752,7 +749,150 @@ static void __maybe_unused omap_free_bch(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 		chip_priv->control = NULL;
 	}
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_BCH8 */
+#endif /* CONFIG_BCH */
+
+/**
+ * omap_select_ecc_scheme - configures driver for particular ecc-scheme
+ * @nand: NAND chip device structure
+ * @ecc_scheme: ecc scheme to configure
+ * @pagesize: number of main-area bytes per page of NAND device
+ * @oobsize: number of OOB/spare bytes per page of NAND device
+ */
+static int omap_select_ecc_scheme(struct nand_chip *nand,
+	enum omap_ecc ecc_scheme, unsigned int pagesize, unsigned int oobsize) {
+	struct nand_bch_priv	*bch		= nand->priv;
+	struct nand_ecclayout	*ecclayout	= nand->ecc.layout;
+	int eccsteps = pagesize / SECTOR_BYTES;
+	int i;
+
+	switch (ecc_scheme) {
+	case OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW:
+		debug("nand: selected OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW\n");
+		/* For this ecc-scheme, ecc.bytes, ecc.layout, ... are
+		 * initialized in nand_scan_tail(), so just set ecc.mode */
+		bch_priv.control	= NULL;
+		bch_priv.type		= 0;
+		nand->ecc.mode		= NAND_ECC_SOFT;
+		nand->ecc.layout	= NULL;
+		nand->ecc.size		= pagesize;
+		bch->ecc_scheme		= OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW;
+		break;
+
+	case OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW:
+		debug("nand: selected OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW\n");
+		/* check ecc-scheme requirements before updating ecc info */
+		if ((3 * eccsteps) + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH > oobsize) {
+			printf("nand: error: insufficient OOB: require=%d\n", (
+				(3 * eccsteps) + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH));
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		bch_priv.control	= NULL;
+		bch_priv.type		= 0;
+		/* populate ecc specific fields */
+		nand->ecc.mode		= NAND_ECC_HW;
+		nand->ecc.strength	= 1;
+		nand->ecc.size		= SECTOR_BYTES;
+		nand->ecc.bytes		= 3;
+		nand->ecc.hwctl		= omap_enable_hwecc;
+		nand->ecc.correct	= omap_correct_data;
+		nand->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc;
+		/* define ecc-layout */
+		ecclayout->eccbytes	= nand->ecc.bytes * eccsteps;
+		for (i = 0; i < ecclayout->eccbytes; i++)
+			ecclayout->eccpos[i] = i + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH;
+		ecclayout->oobfree[0].offset = i + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH;
+		ecclayout->oobfree[0].length = oobsize - ecclayout->eccbytes -
+						BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH;
+		bch->ecc_scheme		= OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW;
+		break;
+
+	case OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW:
+#ifdef CONFIG_BCH
+		debug("nand: selected OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW\n");
+		/* check ecc-scheme requirements before updating ecc info */
+		if ((13 * eccsteps) + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH > oobsize) {
+			printf("nand: error: insufficient OOB: require=%d\n", (
+				(13 * eccsteps) + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH));
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		/* check if BCH S/W library can be used for error detection */
+		bch_priv.control = init_bch(13, 8, 0x201b);
+		if (!bch_priv.control) {
+			printf("nand: error: could not init_bch()\n");
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
+		bch_priv.type = ECC_BCH8;
+		/* populate ecc specific fields */
+		nand->ecc.mode		= NAND_ECC_HW;
+		nand->ecc.strength	= 8;
+		nand->ecc.size		= SECTOR_BYTES;
+		nand->ecc.bytes		= 13;
+		nand->ecc.hwctl		= omap_enable_ecc_bch;
+		nand->ecc.correct	= omap_correct_data_bch_sw;
+		nand->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch_sw;
+		/* define ecc-layout */
+		ecclayout->eccbytes	= nand->ecc.bytes * eccsteps;
+		ecclayout->eccpos[0]	= BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH;
+		for (i = 1; i < ecclayout->eccbytes; i++) {
+			if (i % nand->ecc.bytes)
+				ecclayout->eccpos[i] =
+						ecclayout->eccpos[i - 1] + 1;
+			else
+				ecclayout->eccpos[i] =
+						ecclayout->eccpos[i - 1] + 2;
+		}
+		ecclayout->oobfree[0].offset = i + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH;
+		ecclayout->oobfree[0].length = oobsize - ecclayout->eccbytes -
+						BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH;
+		omap_hwecc_init_bch(nand, NAND_ECC_READ);
+		bch->ecc_scheme		= OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW;
+		break;
+#else
+		printf("nand: error: CONFIG_BCH required for ECC\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+
+	case OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW:
+#ifdef CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM
+		debug("nand: selected OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW\n");
+		/* check ecc-scheme requirements before updating ecc info */
+		if ((14 * eccsteps) + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH > oobsize) {
+			printf("nand: error: insufficient OOB: require=%d\n", (
+				(14 * eccsteps) + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH));
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		/* intialize ELM for ECC error detection */
+		elm_init();
+		bch_priv.type		= ECC_BCH8;
+		/* populate ecc specific fields */
+		nand->ecc.mode		= NAND_ECC_HW;
+		nand->ecc.strength	= 8;
+		nand->ecc.size		= SECTOR_BYTES;
+		nand->ecc.bytes		= 14;
+		nand->ecc.hwctl		= omap_enable_ecc_bch;
+		nand->ecc.correct	= omap_correct_data_bch;
+		nand->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch;
+		nand->ecc.read_page	= omap_read_page_bch;
+		/* define ecc-layout */
+		ecclayout->eccbytes	= nand->ecc.bytes * eccsteps;
+		for (i = 0; i < ecclayout->eccbytes; i++)
+			ecclayout->eccpos[i] = i + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH;
+		ecclayout->oobfree[0].offset = i + BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH;
+		ecclayout->oobfree[0].length = oobsize - ecclayout->eccbytes -
+						BADBLOCK_MARKER_LENGTH;
+		bch->ecc_scheme		= OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW;
+		break;
+#else
+		printf("nand: error: CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM required for ECC\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+#endif
+
+	default:
+		debug("nand: error: ecc scheme not enabled or supported\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 /*
@@ -763,77 +903,45 @@ static void __maybe_unused omap_free_bch(struct mtd_info *mtd)
  * @eccstrength		- the number of bits that could be corrected
  *			  (1 - hamming, 4 - BCH4, 8 - BCH8, 16 - BCH16)
  */
-void omap_nand_switch_ecc(uint32_t hardware, uint32_t eccstrength)
+int __maybe_unused omap_nand_switch_ecc(uint32_t hardware, uint32_t eccstrength)
 {
 	struct nand_chip *nand;
 	struct mtd_info *mtd;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	if (nand_curr_device < 0 ||
 	    nand_curr_device >= CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_DEVICE ||
 	    !nand_info[nand_curr_device].name) {
-		printf("Error: Can't switch ecc, no devices available\n");
-		return;
+		printf("nand: error: no NAND devices found\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	mtd = &nand_info[nand_curr_device];
 	nand = mtd->priv;
-
 	nand->options |= NAND_OWN_BUFFERS;
-
-	/* Reset ecc interface */
-	nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_NONE;
-	nand->ecc.read_page = NULL;
-	nand->ecc.write_page = NULL;
-	nand->ecc.read_oob = NULL;
-	nand->ecc.write_oob = NULL;
-	nand->ecc.hwctl = NULL;
-	nand->ecc.correct = NULL;
-	nand->ecc.calculate = NULL;
-	nand->ecc.strength = eccstrength;
-
 	/* Setup the ecc configurations again */
 	if (hardware) {
 		if (eccstrength == 1) {
-			nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_HW;
-			nand->ecc.layout = &hw_nand_oob;
-			nand->ecc.size = 512;
-			nand->ecc.bytes = 3;
-			nand->ecc.hwctl = omap_enable_hwecc;
-			nand->ecc.correct = omap_correct_data;
-			nand->ecc.calculate = omap_calculate_ecc;
-			omap_hwecc_init(nand);
-			printf("1-bit hamming HW ECC selected\n");
+			err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand,
+					OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW,
+					mtd->writesize, mtd->oobsize);
+		} else if (eccstrength == 8) {
+			err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand,
+					OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW,
+					mtd->writesize, mtd->oobsize);
+		} else {
+			printf("nand: error: unsupported ECC scheme\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-#if defined(CONFIG_AM33XX) || defined(CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_BCH8)
-		else if (eccstrength == 8) {
-			nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_HW;
-			nand->ecc.layout = &hw_bch8_nand_oob;
-			nand->ecc.size = 512;
-#ifdef CONFIG_AM33XX
-			nand->ecc.bytes = 14;
-			nand->ecc.read_page = omap_read_page_bch;
-#else
-			nand->ecc.bytes = 13;
-#endif
-			nand->ecc.hwctl = omap_enable_ecc_bch;
-			nand->ecc.correct = omap_correct_data_bch;
-			nand->ecc.calculate = omap_calculate_ecc_bch;
-			omap_hwecc_init_bch(nand, NAND_ECC_READ);
-			printf("8-bit BCH HW ECC selected\n");
-		}
-#endif
 	} else {
-		nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_SOFT;
-		/* Use mtd default settings */
-		nand->ecc.layout = NULL;
-		nand->ecc.size = 0;
-		printf("SW ECC selected\n");
+		err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand, OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW,
+					mtd->writesize, mtd->oobsize);
 	}
 
 	/* Update NAND handling after ECC mode switch */
-	nand_scan_tail(mtd);
-
-	nand->options &= ~NAND_OWN_BUFFERS;
+	if (!err)
+		err = nand_scan_tail(mtd);
+	return err;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPL_BUILD */
 
@@ -856,7 +964,7 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand)
 {
 	int32_t gpmc_config = 0;
 	cs = 0;
-
+	int err = 0;
 	/*
 	 * xloader/Uboot's gpmc configuration would have configured GPMC for
 	 * nand type of memory. The following logic scans and latches on to the
@@ -873,7 +981,7 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand)
 		cs++;
 	}
 	if (cs >= GPMC_MAX_CS) {
-		printf("NAND: Unable to find NAND settings in "
+		printf("nand: error: Unable to find NAND settings in "
 			"GPMC Configuration - quitting\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
@@ -885,64 +993,27 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand)
 
 	nand->IO_ADDR_R = (void __iomem *)&gpmc_cfg->cs[cs].nand_dat;
 	nand->IO_ADDR_W = (void __iomem *)&gpmc_cfg->cs[cs].nand_cmd;
-
-	nand->cmd_ctrl = omap_nand_hwcontrol;
-	nand->options = NAND_NO_PADDING | NAND_CACHEPRG;
+	nand->priv	= &bch_priv;
+	nand->cmd_ctrl	= omap_nand_hwcontrol;
+	nand->options	|= NAND_NO_PADDING | NAND_CACHEPRG;
 	/* If we are 16 bit dev, our gpmc config tells us that */
 	if ((readl(&gpmc_cfg->cs[cs].config1) & 0x3000) == 0x1000)
 		nand->options |= NAND_BUSWIDTH_16;
 
 	nand->chip_delay = 100;
+	nand->ecc.layout = &omap_ecclayout;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_AM33XX) || defined(CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_BCH8)
-#ifdef CONFIG_AM33XX
-	/* AM33xx uses the ELM */
-	/* required in case of BCH */
-	elm_init();
+	/* select ECC scheme */
+#if defined(CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME)
+	err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand, CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME,
+			CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE);
 #else
-	/*
-	 * Whereas other OMAP based SoC do not have the ELM, they use the BCH
-	 * SW library.
-	 */
-	bch_priv.control = init_bch(13, 8, 0x201b /* hw polynominal */);
-	if (!bch_priv.control) {
-		puts("Could not init_bch()\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-#endif
-	/* BCH info that will be correct for SPL or overridden otherwise. */
-	nand->priv = &bch_priv;
-#endif
-
-	/* Default ECC mode */
-#if defined(CONFIG_AM33XX) || defined(CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_BCH8)
-	nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_HW;
-	nand->ecc.layout = &hw_bch8_nand_oob;
-	nand->ecc.size = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE;
-	nand->ecc.bytes = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES;
-	nand->ecc.strength = 8;
-	nand->ecc.hwctl = omap_enable_ecc_bch;
-	nand->ecc.correct = omap_correct_data_bch;
-	nand->ecc.calculate = omap_calculate_ecc_bch;
-#ifdef CONFIG_AM33XX
-	nand->ecc.read_page = omap_read_page_bch;
-#endif
-	omap_hwecc_init_bch(nand, NAND_ECC_READ);
-#else
-#if !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SOFTECC)
-	nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_SOFT;
-#else
-	nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_HW;
-	nand->ecc.layout = &hw_nand_oob;
-	nand->ecc.size = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE;
-	nand->ecc.bytes = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES;
-	nand->ecc.hwctl = omap_enable_hwecc;
-	nand->ecc.correct = omap_correct_data;
-	nand->ecc.calculate = omap_calculate_ecc;
-	nand->ecc.strength = 1;
-	omap_hwecc_init(nand);
-#endif
+	/* pagesize and oobsize are not required to configure sw ecc-scheme */
+	err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand, OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW,
+			0, 0);
 #endif
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 	if (nand->options & NAND_BUSWIDTH_16)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
index 067f8ef184..979e4af7c5 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
@@ -761,7 +761,8 @@ static int onenand_transfer_auto_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf,
 	uint8_t *oob_buf = this->oob_buf;
 
 	free = this->ecclayout->oobfree;
-	for (i = 0; i < MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES && free->length; i++, free++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE && free->length;
+	     i++, free++) {
 		if (readcol >= lastgap)
 			readcol += free->offset - lastgap;
 		if (readend >= lastgap)
@@ -770,7 +771,8 @@ static int onenand_transfer_auto_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf,
 	}
 	this->read_bufferram(mtd, 0, ONENAND_SPARERAM, oob_buf, 0, mtd->oobsize);
 	free = this->ecclayout->oobfree;
-	for (i = 0; i < MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES && free->length; i++, free++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE && free->length;
+	     i++, free++) {
 		int free_end = free->offset + free->length;
 		if (free->offset < readend && free_end > readcol) {
 			int st = max_t(int,free->offset,readcol);
@@ -1356,7 +1358,8 @@ static int onenand_fill_auto_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *oob_buf,
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	free = this->ecclayout->oobfree;
-	for (i = 0; i < MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES && free->length; i++, free++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE && free->length;
+	     i++, free++) {
 		if (writecol >= lastgap)
 			writecol += free->offset - lastgap;
 		if (writeend >= lastgap)
@@ -1364,7 +1367,8 @@ static int onenand_fill_auto_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *oob_buf,
 		lastgap = free->offset + free->length;
 	}
 	free = this->ecclayout->oobfree;
-	for (i = 0; i < MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES && free->length; i++, free++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE && free->length;
+	     i++, free++) {
 		int free_end = free->offset + free->length;
 		if (free->offset < writeend && free_end > writecol) {
 			int st = max_t(int,free->offset,writecol);
@@ -2750,7 +2754,8 @@ int onenand_scan(struct mtd_info *mtd, int maxchips)
 	 * the out of band area
 	 */
 	this->ecclayout->oobavail = 0;
-	for (i = 0; i < MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES &&
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE &&
 	    this->ecclayout->oobfree[i].length; i++)
 		this->ecclayout->oobavail +=
 			this->ecclayout->oobfree[i].length;
diff --git a/include/configs/ASH405.h b/include/configs/ASH405.h
index 9460be3b59..2f5340723d 100644
--- a/include/configs/ASH405.h
+++ b/include/configs/ASH405.h
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SKIP_BAD_DOT_I	1	/* ".i" read skips bad blocks   */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_QUIET		1
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_OOBFREE	2
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_ECCPOS	56
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * PCI stuff
diff --git a/include/configs/C29XPCIE.h b/include/configs/C29XPCIE.h
index 08156c531d..bb15745372 100644
--- a/include/configs/C29XPCIE.h
+++ b/include/configs/C29XPCIE.h
@@ -191,13 +191,14 @@
 				| CSPR_MSEL_NAND \
 				| CSPR_V)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_AMASK	IFC_AMASK(64*1024)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE	0x00000280	/* 640b */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_CSOR	(CSOR_NAND_ECC_ENC_EN	/* ECC on encode */ \
 				| CSOR_NAND_ECC_DEC_EN	/* ECC on decode */ \
 				| CSOR_NAND_ECC_MODE_4	/* 4-bit ECC */ \
-				| CSOR_NAND_RAL_2	/* RAL = 2 Bytes */ \
-				| CSOR_NAND_PGS_2K	/* Page Size = 2k */ \
-				| CSOR_NAND_SPRZ_64	/* Spare size = 64 */ \
-				| CSOR_NAND_PB(64))	/* 64 Pages Per Block */
+				| CSOR_NAND_RAL_3	/* RAL = 3 Bytes */ \
+				| CSOR_NAND_PGS_8K	/* Page Size = 8K */ \
+				| CSOR_NAND_SPRZ_CSOR_EXT /*oob in csor_ext*/\
+				| CSOR_NAND_PB(128))	/*128 Pages Per Block*/
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_FTIM0	(FTIM0_NAND_TCCST(0x01) | \
 				FTIM0_NAND_TWP(0x0c)   | \
 				FTIM0_NAND_TWCHT(0x08) | \
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CSPR1		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_CSPR
 #define CONFIG_SYS_AMASK1		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_AMASK
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CSOR1		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_CSOR
+#define CONFIG_SYS_CSOR1_EXT		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CS1_FTIM0		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_FTIM0
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CS1_FTIM1		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_FTIM1
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CS1_FTIM2		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_FTIM2
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC8572DS.h b/include/configs/MPC8572DS.h
index c7511449ea..9ad94021e4 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC8572DS.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC8572DS.h
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMD_NAND		1
 #define CONFIG_NAND_FSL_ELBC	1
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE    (128 * 1024)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_OOBFREE	5
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_ECCPOS	56
 
 /* NAND boot: 4K NAND loader config */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SPL_SIZE	0x1000
diff --git a/include/configs/T4240QDS.h b/include/configs/T4240QDS.h
index 3777ccb835..c96df54d99 100644
--- a/include/configs/T4240QDS.h
+++ b/include/configs/T4240QDS.h
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ unsigned long get_board_ddr_clk(void);
 #define CONFIG_CMD_NAND
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	(128 * 1024)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_OOBFREE	2
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_ECCPOS	256
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NAND)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CSPR0_EXT		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_CSPR_EXT
diff --git a/include/configs/alpr.h b/include/configs/alpr.h
index 2bf1986e3a..61fdebac3f 100644
--- a/include/configs/alpr.h
+++ b/include/configs/alpr.h
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BASE_LIST	{ CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BASE + 0, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BASE + 2,	\
 				  CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BASE + 4, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BASE + 6 }
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_QUIET_TEST	1	/* don't warn upon unknown NAND flash	*/
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_OOBFREE	2
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_ECCPOS	56
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * External Bus Controller (EBC) Setup
diff --git a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
index f35ed6fba0..d75df92797 100644
--- a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT		"$(CPUDIR)/am33xx/u-boot-spl.lds"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_GPMC
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE / \
 					 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE)
@@ -237,7 +239,8 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	14
-
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/am335x_igep0033.h b/include/configs/am335x_igep0033.h
index 2c69d4e30c..115d1b37c9 100644
--- a/include/configs/am335x_igep0033.h
+++ b/include/configs/am335x_igep0033.h
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
 /* NAND support */
 #define CONFIG_NAND
 #define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_GPMC
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM
 #define GPMC_NAND_ECC_LP_x16_LAYOUT	1
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BASE		(0x08000000)	/* phys address CS0 */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_DEVICE	1
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	14
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW
 
 #define	CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 
diff --git a/include/configs/am3517_crane.h b/include/configs/am3517_crane.h
index 6fd3fb9045..468fb43ea8 100644
--- a/include/configs/am3517_crane.h
+++ b/include/configs/am3517_crane.h
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
index 7e9c55edf1..a3473b51bd 100644
--- a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/devkit8000.h b/include/configs/devkit8000.h
index 474a5687a9..4f43ba9882 100644
--- a/include/configs/devkit8000.h
+++ b/include/configs/devkit8000.h
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START   CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 
diff --git a/include/configs/mcx.h b/include/configs/mcx.h
index a2f7cf711d..dcd29ce7cb 100644
--- a/include/configs/mcx.h
+++ b/include/configs/mcx.h
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
-#define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SOFTECC
 
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
@@ -395,6 +394,7 @@
 					 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		256
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START   CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 
diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_beagle.h b/include/configs/omap3_beagle.h
index bba39d4286..9eab1903ff 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_beagle.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_beagle.h
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_evm.h b/include/configs/omap3_evm.h
index 3ace8bb6e5..b7638fb8a6 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_evm.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START   CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_evm_quick_nand.h b/include/configs/omap3_evm_quick_nand.h
index 9ecd70d55b..4427e88b7e 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_evm_quick_nand.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_evm_quick_nand.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START   CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_igep00x0.h b/include/configs/omap3_igep00x0.h
index 75d7d70d29..71062a601f 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_igep00x0.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_igep00x0.h
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_overo.h b/include/configs/omap3_overo.h
index 84b4aeee2a..e0f026269f 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_overo.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_overo.h
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 
diff --git a/include/configs/siemens-am33x-common.h b/include/configs/siemens-am33x-common.h
index 745e3bea58..f37653fea3 100644
--- a/include/configs/siemens-am33x-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/siemens-am33x-common.h
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	14
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSTEPS	4
 #define	CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCTOTAL	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES * \
@@ -430,6 +431,7 @@
 		"\0"
 
 #define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_GPMC
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM
 #define GPMC_NAND_ECC_LP_x16_LAYOUT	1
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BASE		(0x08000000)	/* physical address */
 							/* to access nand at */
diff --git a/include/configs/tam3517-common.h b/include/configs/tam3517-common.h
index 6112c1b7a6..439fc47eb8 100644
--- a/include/configs/tam3517-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/tam3517-common.h
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_CONSOLE
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
-#define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SOFTECC
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_WORKSPACE	0x8f07f000 /* below BSS */
 
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
@@ -261,6 +260,7 @@
 					 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		256
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 
diff --git a/include/configs/tricorder.h b/include/configs/tricorder.h
index afd870762b..cc4001fcd1 100644
--- a/include/configs/tricorder.h
+++ b/include/configs/tricorder.h
@@ -138,8 +138,9 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_DEVICE	1		/* Max number of NAND */
 							/* devices */
-#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_BCH8
 #define CONFIG_BCH
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_OOBFREE	2
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_ECCPOS	56
 
 /* commands to include */
 #include <config_cmd_default.h>
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	13
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index 6f44abdc16..a65b681551 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -96,6 +96,29 @@ struct mtd_oob_ops {
 	uint8_t		*oobbuf;
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_OOBFREE
+#define MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE	CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_OOBFREE
+#else
+#define MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE	32
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_ECCPOS
+#define MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES_LARGE	CONFIG_SYS_NAND_MAX_ECCPOS
+#else
+#define MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES_LARGE	640
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * ECC layout control structure. Exported to userspace for
+ * diagnosis and to allow creation of raw images
+ */
+struct nand_ecclayout {
+	uint32_t eccbytes;
+	uint32_t eccpos[MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES_LARGE];
+	uint32_t oobavail;
+	struct nand_oobfree oobfree[MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE];
+};
+
 struct mtd_info {
 	u_char type;
 	u_int32_t flags;
diff --git a/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h b/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
index d51c1abd18..ac3c298760 100644
--- a/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
+++ b/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
@@ -155,18 +155,6 @@ struct nand_oobfree {
 	uint32_t length;
 };
 
-#define MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES	8
-/*
- * ECC layout control structure. Exported to userspace for
- * diagnosis and to allow creation of raw images
- */
-struct nand_ecclayout {
-	uint32_t eccbytes;
-	uint32_t eccpos[128];
-	uint32_t oobavail;
-	struct nand_oobfree oobfree[MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES];
-};
-
 /**
  * struct mtd_ecc_stats - error correction stats
  *