Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: mtd: Add YAML schemas for the generic NAND options

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On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 9:54 AM Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The NAND chips in MTD have a bunch of generic options that are needed in a
> device tree. Add a YAML schemas for those.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> Changes from v1:
>   - Removed free form text binding
>   - Enhanced properties descriptions
>   - Fixed the SPDX license tag
>   - Added minimums for nand-ecc-strength and nand-ecc-step-size
>   - Removed Boris from the maintainers
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml | 141 +++++++-
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt             |  75 +----
>  2 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ebc7833ffc0c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mtd/nand-controller.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: NAND Chip and NAND Controller Generic Binding
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> +  - Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
> +
> +description: |
> +  The NAND controller should be represented with its own DT node, and
> +  all NAND chips attached to this controller should be defined as
> +  children nodes of the NAND controller. This representation should be
> +  enforced even for simple controllers supporting only one chip.
> +
> +  The ECC strength and ECC step size properties define the user
> +  desires in terms of correction capability of a controller. Together,
> +  they request the ECC engine to correct {strength} bit errors per
> +  {size} bytes.
> +
> +  The interpretation of these parameters is implementation-defined, so
> +  not all implementations must support all possible
> +  combinations. However, implementations are encouraged to further
> +  specify the value(s) they support.
> +
> +properties:
> +  $nodename:
> +    pattern: "^nand-controller(@.*)?"
> +
> +  "#address-cells":
> +    const: 1
> +
> +  "#size-cells":
> +    const: 0
> +
> +  ranges: true
> +
> +patternProperties:
> +  "^nand@[a-z0-9]$":

'a-f' as this should be hex number.

> +    properties:
> +      reg:
> +        description:
> +          Contains the native Ready/Busy IDs.
> +
> +      nand-ecc-mode:
> +        allOf:
> +          - $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
> +          - enum: [ none, soft, hw, hw_syndrome, hw_oob_first, on-die ]
> +        description:
> +          Desired ECC engine, either hardware (most of the time
> +          embedded in the NAND controller) or software correction
> +          (Linux will handle the calculations). soft_bch is deprecated
> +          and should be replaced by soft and nand-ecc-algo.
> +
> +      nand-ecc-algo:
> +        allOf:
> +          - $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/string
> +          - enum: [ hamming, bch, rs ]
> +        description:
> +          Desired ECC algorithm.
> +
> +      nand-bus-width:
> +        allOf:
> +          - $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> +          - enum: [ 8, 16 ]
> +          - default: 8
> +        description:
> +          Bus width to the NAND chip
> +
> +      nand-on-flash-bbt:
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> +        description:
> +          With this property, the OS will search the device for a Bad
> +          Block Table (BBT). If not found, it will create one, reserve
> +          a few blocks at the end of the device to store it and update
> +          it as the device ages. Otherwise, the out-of-band area of a
> +          few pages of all the blocks will be scanned at boot time to
> +          find Bad Block Markers (BBM). These markers will help to
> +          build a volatile BBT in RAM.
> +
> +      nand-ecc-strength:
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> +        minimum: 1

While I wished this worked, these 2 have to be under 'allOf'.
Unfortunately, this will also silently pass validation in json-schema.

> +        description:
> +          Maximum number of bits that can be corrected per ECC step.
> +
> +      nand-ecc-step-size:
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> +        minimum: 1
> +        description:
> +          Number of data bytes covered by a single ECC step.
> +
> +      nand-ecc-maximize:
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> +        description:
> +          Whether or not the ECC strength should be maximized. The
> +          maximum ECC strength is both controller and chip
> +          dependent. The ECC engine has to select the ECC config
> +          providing the best strength and taking the OOB area size
> +          constraint into account. This is particularly useful when
> +          only the in-band area is used by the upper layers, and you
> +          want to make your NAND as reliable as possible.
> +
> +      nand-is-boot-medium:
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/flag
> +        description:
> +          Whether or not the NAND chip is a boot medium. Drivers might
> +          use this information to select ECC algorithms supported by
> +          the boot ROM or similar restrictions.
> +
> +      nand-rb:
> +        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
> +        description:
> +          Contains the native Ready/Busy IDs.
> +
> +    required:
> +      - reg
> +
> +required:
> +  - "#address-cells"
> +  - "#size-cells"
> +
> +examples:
> +  - |
> +    nand-controller {
> +      #address-cells = <1>;
> +      #size-cells = <0>;
> +
> +      /* controller specific properties */
> +
> +      nand@0 {
> +        reg = <0>;
> +        nand-ecc-mode = "soft";
> +        nand-ecc-algo = "bch";
> +
> +        /* controller specific properties */
> +      };
> +    };
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
> deleted file mode 100644
> index e949c778e983..000000000000
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand.txt
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
> -* NAND chip and NAND controller generic binding
> -
> -NAND controller/NAND chip representation:
> -
> -The NAND controller should be represented with its own DT node, and all
> -NAND chips attached to this controller should be defined as children nodes
> -of the NAND controller. This representation should be enforced even for
> -simple controllers supporting only one chip.
> -
> -Mandatory NAND controller properties:
> -- #address-cells: depends on your controller. Should at least be 1 to
> -                 encode the CS line id.
> -- #size-cells: depends on your controller. Put zero unless you need a
> -              mapping between CS lines and dedicated memory regions
> -
> -Optional NAND controller properties
> -- ranges: only needed if you need to define a mapping between CS lines and
> -         memory regions
> -
> -Optional NAND chip properties:
> -
> -- nand-ecc-mode : String, operation mode of the NAND ecc mode.
> -                 Supported values are: "none", "soft", "hw", "hw_syndrome",
> -                 "hw_oob_first", "on-die".
> -                 Deprecated values:
> -                 "soft_bch": use "soft" and nand-ecc-algo instead
> -- nand-ecc-algo: string, algorithm of NAND ECC.
> -                Valid values are: "hamming", "bch", "rs".
> -- nand-bus-width : 8 or 16 bus width if not present 8
> -- nand-on-flash-bbt: boolean to enable on flash bbt option if not present false
> -
> -- nand-ecc-strength: integer representing the number of bits to correct
> -                    per ECC step.
> -
> -- nand-ecc-step-size: integer representing the number of data bytes
> -                     that are covered by a single ECC step.
> -
> -- nand-ecc-maximize: boolean used to specify that you want to maximize ECC
> -                    strength. The maximum ECC strength is both controller and
> -                    chip dependent. The controller side has to select the ECC
> -                    config providing the best strength and taking the OOB area
> -                    size constraint into account.
> -                    This is particularly useful when only the in-band area is
> -                    used by the upper layers, and you want to make your NAND
> -                    as reliable as possible.
> -- nand-is-boot-medium: Whether the NAND chip is a boot medium. Drivers might use
> -                      this information to select ECC algorithms supported by
> -                      the boot ROM or similar restrictions.
> -
> -- nand-rb: shall contain the native Ready/Busy ids.
> -
> -The ECC strength and ECC step size properties define the correction capability
> -of a controller. Together, they say a controller can correct "{strength} bit
> -errors per {size} bytes".
> -
> -The interpretation of these parameters is implementation-defined, so not all
> -implementations must support all possible combinations. However, implementations
> -are encouraged to further specify the value(s) they support.
> -
> -Example:
> -
> -       nand-controller {
> -               #address-cells = <1>;
> -               #size-cells = <0>;
> -
> -               /* controller specific properties */
> -
> -               nand@0 {
> -                       reg = <0>;
> -                       nand-ecc-mode = "soft";
> -                       nand-ecc-algo = "bch";
> -
> -                       /* controller specific properties */
> -               };
> -       };
>
> base-commit: 1244df4693747552c8efba995f4ebc3b247536cf
> --
> git-series 0.9.1



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