diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
index 899f6b9a9f68..790b1d7a8d43 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
@@ -174,8 +174,7 @@ static int nvm_core_init(struct nvm_dev *dev)
 	dev->sec_size = grp->csecs;
 	dev->oob_size = grp->sos;
 	dev->sec_per_pg = grp->fpg_sz / grp->csecs;
-	dev->addr_mode = id->ppat;
-	dev->addr_format = id->ppaf;
+	memcpy(&dev->ppaf, &id->ppaf, sizeof(struct nvm_addr_format));
 
 	dev->plane_mode = NVM_PLANE_SINGLE;
 	dev->max_rq_size = dev->ops->max_phys_sect * dev->sec_size;
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c b/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
index 8cfc0114ff13..c0d0eb2357a8 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/gennvm.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static int gennvm_block_bb(struct ppa_addr ppa, int nr_blocks, u8 *blks,
 	struct nvm_block *blk;
 	int i;
 
-	ppa = addr_to_generic_mode(gn->dev, ppa);
+	ppa = dev_to_generic_addr(gn->dev, ppa);
 	lun = &gn->luns[(dev->nr_luns * ppa.g.ch) + ppa.g.lun];
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_blocks; i++) {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static int gennvm_blocks_init(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct gen_nvm *gn)
 			ppa.ppa = 0;
 			ppa.g.ch = lun->vlun.chnl_id;
 			ppa.g.lun = lun->vlun.id;
-			ppa = generic_to_addr_mode(dev, ppa);
+			ppa = generic_to_dev_addr(dev, ppa);
 
 			ret = dev->ops->get_bb_tbl(dev->q, ppa,
 						dev->blks_per_lun,
@@ -304,10 +304,10 @@ static void gennvm_addr_to_generic_mode(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 
 	if (rqd->nr_pages > 1) {
 		for (i = 0; i < rqd->nr_pages; i++)
-			rqd->ppa_list[i] = addr_to_generic_mode(dev,
+			rqd->ppa_list[i] = dev_to_generic_addr(dev,
 							rqd->ppa_list[i]);
 	} else {
-		rqd->ppa_addr = addr_to_generic_mode(dev, rqd->ppa_addr);
+		rqd->ppa_addr = dev_to_generic_addr(dev, rqd->ppa_addr);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@ static void gennvm_generic_to_addr_mode(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 
 	if (rqd->nr_pages > 1) {
 		for (i = 0; i < rqd->nr_pages; i++)
-			rqd->ppa_list[i] = generic_to_addr_mode(dev,
+			rqd->ppa_list[i] = generic_to_dev_addr(dev,
 							rqd->ppa_list[i]);
 	} else {
-		rqd->ppa_addr = generic_to_addr_mode(dev, rqd->ppa_addr);
+		rqd->ppa_addr = generic_to_dev_addr(dev, rqd->ppa_addr);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
index 7ba64c87ba1c..75e59c3a3f96 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
@@ -123,12 +123,42 @@ static u64 block_to_addr(struct rrpc *rrpc, struct rrpc_block *rblk)
 	return blk->id * rrpc->dev->pgs_per_blk;
 }
 
+static struct ppa_addr linear_to_generic_addr(struct nvm_dev *dev,
+							struct ppa_addr r)
+{
+	struct ppa_addr l;
+	int secs, pgs, blks, luns;
+	sector_t ppa = r.ppa;
+
+	l.ppa = 0;
+
+	div_u64_rem(ppa, dev->sec_per_pg, &secs);
+	l.g.sec = secs;
+
+	sector_div(ppa, dev->sec_per_pg);
+	div_u64_rem(ppa, dev->sec_per_blk, &pgs);
+	l.g.pg = pgs;
+
+	sector_div(ppa, dev->pgs_per_blk);
+	div_u64_rem(ppa, dev->blks_per_lun, &blks);
+	l.g.blk = blks;
+
+	sector_div(ppa, dev->blks_per_lun);
+	div_u64_rem(ppa, dev->luns_per_chnl, &luns);
+	l.g.lun = luns;
+
+	sector_div(ppa, dev->luns_per_chnl);
+	l.g.ch = ppa;
+
+	return l;
+}
+
 static struct ppa_addr rrpc_ppa_to_gaddr(struct nvm_dev *dev, u64 addr)
 {
 	struct ppa_addr paddr;
 
 	paddr.ppa = addr;
-	return __linear_to_generic_addr(dev, paddr);
+	return linear_to_generic_addr(dev, paddr);
 }
 
 /* requires lun->lock taken */
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
index 52b311cf694c..9069be811f82 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ struct nvme_nvm_id {
 	__le32			cap;
 	__le32			dom;
 	struct nvme_nvm_addr_format ppaf;
-	__u8			ppat;
-	__u8			resv[223];
+	__u8			resv[224];
 	struct nvme_nvm_id_group groups[4];
 } __packed;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
index e6ef8aaf533f..cbe288acb1de 100644
--- a/include/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ struct nvm_id {
 	u32	cap;
 	u32	dom;
 	struct nvm_addr_format ppaf;
-	u8	ppat;
 	struct nvm_id_group groups[4];
 } __packed;
 
@@ -119,39 +118,28 @@ struct nvm_tgt_instance {
 #define NVM_VERSION_MINOR 0
 #define NVM_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
-#define NVM_SEC_BITS (8)
-#define NVM_PL_BITS  (6)
-#define NVM_PG_BITS  (16)
 #define NVM_BLK_BITS (16)
-#define NVM_LUN_BITS (10)
+#define NVM_PG_BITS  (16)
+#define NVM_SEC_BITS (8)
+#define NVM_PL_BITS  (8)
+#define NVM_LUN_BITS (8)
 #define NVM_CH_BITS  (8)
 
 struct ppa_addr {
+	/* Generic structure for all addresses */
 	union {
-		/* Channel-based PPA format in nand 4x2x2x2x8x10 */
-		struct {
-			u64 ch		: 4;
-			u64 sec		: 2; /* 4 sectors per page */
-			u64 pl		: 2; /* 4 planes per LUN */
-			u64 lun		: 2; /* 4 LUNs per channel */
-			u64 pg		: 8; /* 256 pages per block */
-			u64 blk		: 10;/* 1024 blocks per plane */
-			u64 resved		: 36;
-		} chnl;
-
-		/* Generic structure for all addresses */
 		struct {
+			u64 blk		: NVM_BLK_BITS;
+			u64 pg		: NVM_PG_BITS;
 			u64 sec		: NVM_SEC_BITS;
 			u64 pl		: NVM_PL_BITS;
-			u64 pg		: NVM_PG_BITS;
-			u64 blk		: NVM_BLK_BITS;
 			u64 lun		: NVM_LUN_BITS;
 			u64 ch		: NVM_CH_BITS;
 		} g;
 
 		u64 ppa;
 	};
-} __packed;
+};
 
 struct nvm_rq {
 	struct nvm_tgt_instance *ins;
@@ -259,8 +247,7 @@ struct nvm_dev {
 	int blks_per_lun;
 	int sec_size;
 	int oob_size;
-	int addr_mode;
-	struct nvm_addr_format addr_format;
+	struct nvm_addr_format ppaf;
 
 	/* Calculated/Cached values. These do not reflect the actual usable
 	 * blocks at run-time.
@@ -286,118 +273,45 @@ struct nvm_dev {
 	char name[DISK_NAME_LEN];
 };
 
-/* fallback conversion */
-static struct ppa_addr __generic_to_linear_addr(struct nvm_dev *dev,
-							struct ppa_addr r)
+static inline struct ppa_addr generic_to_dev_addr(struct nvm_dev *dev,
+						struct ppa_addr r)
 {
 	struct ppa_addr l;
 
-	l.ppa = r.g.sec +
-		r.g.pg  * dev->sec_per_pg +
-		r.g.blk * (dev->pgs_per_blk *
-				dev->sec_per_pg) +
-		r.g.lun * (dev->blks_per_lun *
-				dev->pgs_per_blk *
-				dev->sec_per_pg) +
-		r.g.ch * (dev->blks_per_lun *
-				dev->pgs_per_blk *
-				dev->luns_per_chnl *
-				dev->sec_per_pg);
+	l.ppa = ((u64)r.g.blk) << dev->ppaf.blk_offset;
+	l.ppa |= ((u64)r.g.pg) << dev->ppaf.pg_offset;
+	l.ppa |= ((u64)r.g.sec) << dev->ppaf.sect_offset;
+	l.ppa |= ((u64)r.g.pl) << dev->ppaf.pln_offset;
+	l.ppa |= ((u64)r.g.lun) << dev->ppaf.lun_offset;
+	l.ppa |= ((u64)r.g.ch) << dev->ppaf.ch_offset;
 
 	return l;
 }
 
-/* fallback conversion */
-static struct ppa_addr __linear_to_generic_addr(struct nvm_dev *dev,
-							struct ppa_addr r)
-{
-	struct ppa_addr l;
-	int secs, pgs, blks, luns;
-	sector_t ppa = r.ppa;
-
-	l.ppa = 0;
-
-	div_u64_rem(ppa, dev->sec_per_pg, &secs);
-	l.g.sec = secs;
-
-	sector_div(ppa, dev->sec_per_pg);
-	div_u64_rem(ppa, dev->sec_per_blk, &pgs);
-	l.g.pg = pgs;
-
-	sector_div(ppa, dev->pgs_per_blk);
-	div_u64_rem(ppa, dev->blks_per_lun, &blks);
-	l.g.blk = blks;
-
-	sector_div(ppa, dev->blks_per_lun);
-	div_u64_rem(ppa, dev->luns_per_chnl, &luns);
-	l.g.lun = luns;
-
-	sector_div(ppa, dev->luns_per_chnl);
-	l.g.ch = ppa;
-
-	return l;
-}
-
-static struct ppa_addr __generic_to_chnl_addr(struct ppa_addr r)
+static inline struct ppa_addr dev_to_generic_addr(struct nvm_dev *dev,
+						struct ppa_addr r)
 {
 	struct ppa_addr l;
 
-	l.ppa = 0;
-
-	l.chnl.sec = r.g.sec;
-	l.chnl.pl = r.g.pl;
-	l.chnl.pg = r.g.pg;
-	l.chnl.blk = r.g.blk;
-	l.chnl.lun = r.g.lun;
-	l.chnl.ch = r.g.ch;
+	/*
+	 * (r.ppa << X offset) & X len bitmask. X eq. blk, pg, etc.
+	 */
+	l.g.blk = (r.ppa >> dev->ppaf.blk_offset) &
+					(((1 << dev->ppaf.blk_len) - 1));
+	l.g.pg |= (r.ppa >> dev->ppaf.pg_offset) &
+					(((1 << dev->ppaf.pg_len) - 1));
+	l.g.sec |= (r.ppa >> dev->ppaf.sect_offset) &
+					(((1 << dev->ppaf.sect_len) - 1));
+	l.g.pl |= (r.ppa >> dev->ppaf.pln_offset) &
+					(((1 << dev->ppaf.pln_len) - 1));
+	l.g.lun |= (r.ppa >> dev->ppaf.lun_offset) &
+					(((1 << dev->ppaf.lun_len) - 1));
+	l.g.ch |= (r.ppa >> dev->ppaf.ch_offset) &
+					(((1 << dev->ppaf.ch_len) - 1));
 
 	return l;
 }
 
-static struct ppa_addr __chnl_to_generic_addr(struct ppa_addr r)
-{
-	struct ppa_addr l;
-
-	l.ppa = 0;
-
-	l.g.sec = r.chnl.sec;
-	l.g.pl = r.chnl.pl;
-	l.g.pg = r.chnl.pg;
-	l.g.blk = r.chnl.blk;
-	l.g.lun = r.chnl.lun;
-	l.g.ch = r.chnl.ch;
-
-	return l;
-}
-
-static inline struct ppa_addr addr_to_generic_mode(struct nvm_dev *dev,
-						struct ppa_addr gppa)
-{
-	switch (dev->addr_mode) {
-	case NVM_ADDRMODE_LINEAR:
-		return __linear_to_generic_addr(dev, gppa);
-	case NVM_ADDRMODE_CHANNEL:
-		return __chnl_to_generic_addr(gppa);
-	default:
-		BUG();
-	}
-	return gppa;
-}
-
-static inline struct ppa_addr generic_to_addr_mode(struct nvm_dev *dev,
-						struct ppa_addr gppa)
-{
-	switch (dev->addr_mode) {
-	case NVM_ADDRMODE_LINEAR:
-		return __generic_to_linear_addr(dev, gppa);
-	case NVM_ADDRMODE_CHANNEL:
-		return __generic_to_chnl_addr(gppa);
-	default:
-		BUG();
-	}
-	return gppa;
-}
-
 static inline int ppa_empty(struct ppa_addr ppa_addr)
 {
 	return (ppa_addr.ppa == ADDR_EMPTY);