{0x0, NULL},
 };
 
+/*
+ * Define default oob placement schemes for large and small page devices
+ */
+
+nand_ecclayout_t nand_oob_8 = {
+       .eccbytes = 3,
+       .eccpos = {0, 1, 2},
+       .oobfree = {
+               {.offset = 3,
+                .length = 2},
+               {.offset = 6,
+                .length = 2}}
+};
+
+nand_ecclayout_t nand_oob_16 = {
+       .eccbytes = 6,
+       .eccpos = {0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7},
+       .oobfree = {
+               {.offset = 8,
+                . length = 8}}
+};
+
+nand_ecclayout_t nand_oob_64 = {
+       .eccbytes = 24,
+       .eccpos = {
+                  40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,
+                  48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55,
+                  56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63},
+       .oobfree = {
+               {.offset = 2,
+                .length = 38}}
+};
+
 /* nand device <nand_controller> [controller options]
  */
 int handle_nand_device_command(struct command_context_s *cmd_ctx, char *cmd, char **args, int argc)
                u32 page_size = 0;
                u8 *oob = NULL;
                u32 oob_size = 0;
+               const int *eccpos = NULL;
                        
                offset = strtoul(args[2], NULL, 0);
                
                                        oob_format |= NAND_OOB_RAW;
                                else if (!strcmp(args[i], "oob_only"))
                                        oob_format |= NAND_OOB_RAW | NAND_OOB_ONLY;
+                               else if (!strcmp(args[i], "oob_softecc"))
+                                       oob_format |= NAND_OOB_SW_ECC;
                                else
                                {
                                        command_print(cmd_ctx, "unknown option: %s", args[i]);
                        page = malloc(p->page_size);
                }
 
-               if (oob_format & NAND_OOB_RAW)
+               if (oob_format & (NAND_OOB_RAW | NAND_OOB_SW_ECC))
                {
-                       if (p->page_size == 512)
+                       if (p->page_size == 512) {
                                oob_size = 16;
-                       else if (p->page_size == 2048)
+                               eccpos = nand_oob_16.eccpos;
+                       } else if (p->page_size == 2048) {
                                oob_size = 64;
+                               eccpos = nand_oob_64.eccpos;
+                       }
                        oob = malloc(oob_size);
                }
                
                                        memset(page + size_read, 0xff, page_size - size_read);
                                }
                        }
-                               
-                       if (NULL != oob)
+
+                       if (oob_format & NAND_OOB_SW_ECC)
+                       {
+                               int i, j;
+                               u8 ecc[3];
+                               memset(oob, 0xff, oob_size);
+                               for (i = 0, j = 0; i < page_size; i += 256) {
+                                       nand_calculate_ecc(p, page+i, ecc);
+                                       oob[eccpos[j++]] = ecc[0];
+                                       oob[eccpos[j++]] = ecc[1];
+                                       oob[eccpos[j++]] = ecc[2];
+                               }
+                       }
+                       else if (NULL != oob)
                        {
                                fileio_read(&fileio, oob_size, oob, &size_read);
                                buf_cnt -= size_read;