Re: [PATCH 1/2] mtd: spi-nor: add driver for NXP SPI Flash Interface (SPIFI)

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+Richard

On 05/30/2015 01:51 PM, Joachim Eastwood wrote:
> Hi Ezequiel,
> 
> On 30 May 2015 at 17:43, Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Joachim,
>>
>> Looks pretty neat. I've just a couple comments.
>>
>> On 05/29/2015 02:50 PM, Joachim Eastwood wrote:
>>> Add SPI-NOR driver for the SPI Flash Interface (SPIFI)
>>> controller that is found newer NXP MCU devices.
>>>
>>> The controller supports serial SPI Flash devices with 1-, 2-
>>> and 4-bit width in either SPI mode 0 or 3. The controller
>>> can operate in either command or memory mode. In memory mode
>>> the Flash is exposed as normal memory and can be directly
>>> accessed by the CPU.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Joachim Eastwood <manabian@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig     |  10 +
>>>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Makefile    |   1 +
>>>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/nxp-spifi.c | 508 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  3 files changed, 519 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/mtd/spi-nor/nxp-spifi.c
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig
>>> index 64a4f0edabc7..f10a37f1a4ef 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig
>>> @@ -28,4 +28,14 @@ config SPI_FSL_QUADSPI
>>>         This enables support for the Quad SPI controller in master mode.
>>>         We only connect the NOR to this controller now.
>>>
>>> +config SPI_NXP_SPIFI
>>> +     tristate "NXP SPI Flash Interface (SPIFI)"
>>> +     depends on OF && (ARCH_LPC18XX || COMPILE_TEST)
>>
>> Since you are adding COMPILE_TEST, maybe you want
>> 'depends on HAS_IOMEM' as well?
> 
> Since MTD depends on GENERIC_IO is that needed?
> Or am I confusing the config options here(?)
> 

I think you need HAS_IOMEM for ioremap stuff.
Maybe Brian or Richard will know better.

>>> +static int nxp_spifi_wait_for_event(struct nxp_spifi *spifi, u32 event)
>>> +{
>>> +     int retry = 3;
>>> +     u32 stat;
>>> +
>>> +     do {
>>> +             stat = readb(spifi->io_base + SPIFI_STAT);
>>> +             if (!(stat & event))
>>> +                     return 0;
>>> +
>>> +             udelay(10);
>>> +     } while (retry--);
>>> +
>>> +     return -ETIMEDOUT;
>>
>> This could be replaced with the readb_poll_timeout_atomic().
>> But it seems you would also use readb_poll_timeout(), since won't be
>> called in atomic context.
> 
> Didn't know about the readX_poll_timeout functions and does indeed
> look usable. Thanks for the tip.
> 
> 
>>> +static int nxp_spifi_set_memory_mode_on(struct nxp_spifi *spifi)
>>> +{
>>> +     int retry = 3;
>>> +     u32 stat;
>>> +
>>> +     stat = readb(spifi->io_base + SPIFI_STAT);
>>> +     if (stat & SPIFI_STAT_MCINIT)
>>> +             return 0;
>>
>> Do you think it makes sense to cache the memory/command mode
>> instead of reading it?
> 
> I think that's good idea.
> 
>> Would it affect throughput in any sense?
> 
> Maybe. It's done for every read/write operation so making it a bit
> faster is good idea. I don't see any downsides to implement it the way
> you suggest either.
> 
> 
>> I'm thinking these slow-clocked microcontrollers might benefit from
>> such tricks, but I don't have actual numbers to back this up.
>>
>>> +
>>> +     writel(spifi->mcmd, spifi->io_base + SPIFI_MCMD);
>>> +
>>> +     do {
>>> +             stat = readb(spifi->io_base + SPIFI_STAT);
>>> +             if (stat & SPIFI_STAT_MCINIT)
>>> +                     return 0;
>>> +
>>> +             udelay(10);
>>> +     } while (retry--);
>>
>> Same here about using iopoll variants.
> 
> Yeah, got it.
> 
> 
>>> +
>>> +     dev_err(spifi->dev, "unable to enter memory mode\n");
>>> +
>>> +     return -ETIMEDOUT;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static int nxp_spifi_read_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 opcode, u8 *buf, int len)
>>> +{
>>> +     struct nxp_spifi *spifi = nor->priv;
>>> +     u32 cmd;
>>> +     int ret;
>>> +
>>> +     ret = nxp_spifi_set_memory_mode_off(spifi);
>>> +     if (ret)
>>> +             return ret;
>>> +
>>> +     cmd = SPIFI_CMD_DATALEN(len) |
>>> +           SPIFI_CMD_OPCODE(opcode) |
>>> +           SPIFI_CMD_FIELDFORM_ALL_SERIAL |
>>> +           SPIFI_CMD_FRAMEFORM_OPCODE_ONLY;
>>> +     writel(cmd, spifi->io_base + SPIFI_CMD);
>>> +
>>> +     while (len--)
>>> +             *buf++  = readb(spifi->io_base + SPIFI_DATA);
>>
>> Nit: extra whitespace here.
> 
> Well spotted!
> 
> 
>>> +static int nxp_spifi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>> +{
>>> +     struct device_node *flash_np;
>>> +     struct nxp_spifi *spifi;
>>> +     struct resource *res;
>>> +     int ret;
>>> +
>>> +     spifi = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*spifi), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> +     if (!spifi)
>>> +             return -ENOMEM;
>>> +
>>> +     res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "spifi");
>>> +     spifi->io_base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
>>> +     if (IS_ERR(spifi->io_base))
>>> +             return PTR_ERR(spifi->io_base);
>>> +
>>> +     res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "flash");
>>> +     spifi->flash_base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
>>> +     if (IS_ERR(spifi->flash_base))
>>> +             return PTR_ERR(spifi->flash_base);
>>> +
>>
>> Just curious: is the memory mapping fixed?
> 
> On LPC43xx you can chose between two different mappings; 0x1400 0000
> and 0x8000 0000
> 
> The first only support up 64 MB, as opposed to 128 MB for the second,
> but is slightly faster according to the data sheet. See Table 444 in
> the data sheet.
> 
> Other LPC families have different mappings as well.
> 

OK, so I guess the bootloader would be in charge of wiring this up and
updating the dtb - if needed.

-- 
Ezequiel Garcia, VanguardiaSur
www.vanguardiasur.com.ar
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