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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2016 16:53:02 +0200
From:   Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
To:     Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
        computersforpeace@...il.com, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     nicolas.ferre@...el.com, boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com,
        richard@....at, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] mtd: spi-nor: add an alternative method to support
 memory >16MiB

On 10/25/2016 11:18 AM, Cyrille Pitchen wrote:
> Le 25/10/2016 à 00:10, Marek Vasut a écrit :
>> On 10/24/2016 06:34 PM, Cyrille Pitchen wrote:
>>> This patch provides an alternative mean to support memory above 16MiB
>>> (128Mib) by replacing 3byte address op codes by their associated 4byte
>>> address versions.
>>>
>>> Using the dedicated 4byte address op codes doesn't change the internal
>>> state of the SPI NOR memory as opposed to using other means such as
>>> updating a Base Address Register (BAR) and sending command to enter/leave
>>> the 4byte mode.
>>>
>>> Hence when a CPU reset occurs, early bootloaders don't need to be aware
>>> of BAR value or 4byte mode being enabled: they can still access the first
>>> 16MiB of the SPI NOR memory using the regular 3byte address op codes.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>
>>> Tested-by: Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/mtd/devices/serial_flash_cmds.h |   7 ---
>>>  drivers/mtd/devices/st_spi_fsm.c        |  28 ++++-----
>>>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c           | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>>>  include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h             |  22 +++++--
>>>  4 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/serial_flash_cmds.h b/drivers/mtd/devices/serial_flash_cmds.h
>>> index f59a125295d0..8b81e15105dd 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/serial_flash_cmds.h
>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/serial_flash_cmds.h
>>> @@ -18,19 +18,12 @@
>>>  #define SPINOR_OP_RDVCR		0x85
>>>  
>>>  /* JEDEC Standard - Serial Flash Discoverable Parmeters (SFDP) Commands */
>>> -#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_2_2	0xbb	/* DUAL I/O READ */
>>> -#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_4_4	0xeb	/* QUAD I/O READ */
>>> -
>>>  #define SPINOR_OP_WRITE		0x02	/* PAGE PROGRAM */
>>>  #define SPINOR_OP_WRITE_1_1_2	0xa2	/* DUAL INPUT PROGRAM */
>>>  #define SPINOR_OP_WRITE_1_2_2	0xd2	/* DUAL INPUT EXT PROGRAM */
>>>  #define SPINOR_OP_WRITE_1_1_4	0x32	/* QUAD INPUT PROGRAM */
>>>  #define SPINOR_OP_WRITE_1_4_4	0x12	/* QUAD INPUT EXT PROGRAM */
>>>  
>>> -/* READ commands with 32-bit addressing */
>>> -#define SPINOR_OP_READ4_1_2_2	0xbc
>>> -#define SPINOR_OP_READ4_1_4_4	0xec
>>> -
>>
>> It'd be nice to have this move/rename bit factored out into a separate
>> patch.
>>
> 
> OK, I will try to do this. Anyway, this rename seems to break the freshly
> merged drivers/spi/spi-bcm-qspi.c, which uses the SPINOR_OP_READ4_* macro so
> I have to do something about this driver. IMHO, the broadcom driver should not
> select its own op code but use the one provided by read_opcode member of the
> struct spi_flash_read_message.

Thanks

>>>  /* Configuration flags */
>>>  #define FLASH_FLAG_SINGLE	0x000000ff
>>>  #define FLASH_FLAG_READ_WRITE	0x00000001
>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/st_spi_fsm.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/st_spi_fsm.c
>>> index 5454b4113589..804313a33f2b 100644
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +static u8 spi_nor_convert_opcode(u8 opcode,
>>> +				 const struct spi_nor_address_entry *entries,
>>> +				 size_t num_entries)
>>> +{
>>> +	int min, max;
>>> +
>>> +	min = 0;
>>> +	max = num_entries - 1;
>>> +	while (min <= max) {
>>
>> It's really not clear at all what this function does, so please add a
>> comment.
>>
> 
> This is just a dichotomic search to reduce the number of comparisons: it 
> assumes the entries[] array is sorted by ascending src_opcode.
> 
> I will add a comment to clarify this point.

Cool, that'd help. Are you invoking this every time an opcode is
submitted to the SPI NOR ?

>>> +		int mid = (min + max) >> 1;
>>> +		const struct spi_nor_address_entry *entry = &entries[mid];
>>> +
>>> +		if (opcode == entry->src_opcode)
>>> +			return entry->dst_opcode;
>>> +
>>> +		if (opcode < entry->src_opcode)
>>> +			max = mid - 1;
>>> +		else
>>> +			min = mid + 1;
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	/* No conversion found */
>>> +	return opcode;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static u8 spi_nor_3to4_opcode(u8 opcode)
>>> +{
>>> +	/* MUST be sorted by 3byte opcode */
>>
>> Because ... why ?
>>
> 
> As explained above, the dichotomic search implemented in
> spi_nor_convert_opcode() assumes that the input array is sorted by src_opcode.

Maybe you should drop that assumption and do normal traversal of the
array ? I feel this is a bit fragile and will break once someone will
cluelessly add a new opcode.

... or add a comment with a big WARNING statement.

>>> +#define ENTRY_3TO4(_opcode)	{ _opcode, _opcode##_4B }
>>
>> Will this break/be unflexible for flashes with some different 4B opcodes ?
>>
> 
> Of course I cannot provide any guarantee that it will never happen but
> currently it seems that all manufacturers use the same op codes. Besides, 
> the 4-byte address instruction set is part the of JESD216B specification,
> so there is a standard for these op codes and new SPI NOR memories tend
> to match this specification by providing the SFDP tables.

Great. Still, will the code need an overhaul if some vendor decides to
deviate ?

> Indeed this instruction set is maybe one of the few things where all
> manufacturers seem to agree :)

That's a good start :)

>>> +	static const struct spi_nor_address_entry spi_nor_3to4_table[] = {
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_PP),		/* 0x02 */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ),		/* 0x03 */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ_FAST),	/* 0x0b */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_BE_4K),		/* 0x20 */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_PP_1_1_4),		/* 0x32 */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_PP_1_4_4),		/* 0x38 */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_2),	/* 0x3b */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_BE_32K),		/* 0x52 */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_4),	/* 0x6b */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ_1_2_2),	/* 0xbb */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_SE),		/* 0xd8 */
>>> +		ENTRY_3TO4(SPINOR_OP_READ_1_4_4),	/* 0xeb */
>>> +	};
>>> +#undef ENTRY_3TO4
>>> +
>>> +	return spi_nor_convert_opcode(opcode, spi_nor_3to4_table,
>>> +				      ARRAY_SIZE(spi_nor_3to4_table));
>>> +}
>>> +
>>
>> [...]
>>
> 


-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut

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