diff --git a/doc/README.nand b/doc/README.nand
index 8a4252b..25a4412 100644
--- a/doc/README.nand
+++ b/doc/README.nand
@@ -198,6 +198,29 @@ Platform specific options
 	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 1fbe79d..a62c357 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/omap_gpmc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c
index 532fbed..92212ee 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c
@@ -1008,18 +1008,13 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand)
 	nand->ecc.layout = &omap_ecclayout;
 
 	/* select ECC scheme */
-#if defined(CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM)
-	err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand, OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW,
+#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);
-#elif defined(CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_BCH8)
-	err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand, OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW,
-			CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE);
-#elif !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) || defined(CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SOFTECC)
+#else
+	/* pagesize and oobsize are not required to configure sw ecc-scheme */
 	err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand, OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW,
 			0, 0);
-#else
-	err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand, OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW,
-			CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE);
 #endif
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
index 73d8b4d..1d59167 100644
--- a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@
 
 #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 88ced73..115d1b3 100644
--- a/include/configs/am335x_igep0033.h
+++ b/include/configs/am335x_igep0033.h
@@ -264,6 +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 c5e67bf..b24ef54 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 5ff65c6..f13fd70 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 8343891..13315dc 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 4619dfb..56102f5 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 47d9902..8b68635 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_beagle.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_beagle.h
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@
 						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 3ace8bb..b7638fb 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 9ecd70d..4427e88 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 ac36ac6..cdaa9ba 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 4641694..00d7c6c 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_overo.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_overo.h
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@
 						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 f3b4197..e394478 100644
--- a/include/configs/siemens-am33x-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/siemens-am33x-common.h
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
 
 #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 * \
diff --git a/include/configs/tam3517-common.h b/include/configs/tam3517-common.h
index 683bc54..48698b5 100644
--- a/include/configs/tam3517-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/tam3517-common.h
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@
 #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
@@ -262,6 +261,7 @@
 					 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 d57394e..3f3c794 100644
--- a/include/configs/tricorder.h
+++ b/include/configs/tricorder.h
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_DEVICE	1		/* Max number of NAND */
 							/* devices */
-#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_BCH8
 #define CONFIG_BCH
 
 /* commands to include */
@@ -374,6 +373,7 @@
 
 #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
 
