linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] mtd: spi-nor: notify (Q)SPI controller about protocol change

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Message-Id: <201507230900.50570.marex@denx.de>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:00:50 +0200
From:	Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
To:	Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>
Cc:	nicolas.ferre@...el.com, broonie@...nel.org,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, dwmw2@...radead.org,
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	mark.rutland@....com, ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk,
	galak@...eaurora.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] mtd: spi-nor: notify (Q)SPI controller about protocol change

On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 06:25:20 PM, Cyrille Pitchen wrote:
> Hi Marek,
> 
> Le 22/07/2015 15:41, Marek Vasut a écrit :
> > On Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at 03:17:06 PM, Cyrille Pitchen wrote:
> >> Once the Quad SPI mode has been enabled on a Micron flash memory, this
> >> device expects ALL the following commands to use the SPI 4-4-4 protocol.
> >> The (Q)SPI controller needs to be notified about the protocol change so
> >> it can adapt and keep on dialoging with the Micron memory.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>
> >> ---
> >> 
> >>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> >>  include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h   | 13 +++++++++++++
> >>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> >> b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c index d78831b4422b..93627d4e6be8 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> >> @@ -163,6 +163,18 @@ static inline int write_disable(struct spi_nor
> >> *nor)
> >> 
> >>  	return nor->write_reg(nor, SPINOR_OP_WRDI, NULL, 0, 0);
> >>  
> >>  }
> >> 
> >> +/*
> >> + * Notify the (Q)SPI controller about the new protocol to be used.
> > 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Can you please just reword this a little, so that it is absolutelly clear
> > even to the less bright of us (like me) that this is a notification
> > coming from the upper layers (ie. the spi-nor framework) toward the
> > hardware ?
> 
> Sure, no problem! what about the following?
> 
> /*
>  * Let the spi-nor framework notify lower layers, especially the driver of
> the * (Q)SPI controller, about the new protocol to be used. Indeed, once
> the * spi-nor framework has sent manufacturer specific commands to a
> memory to * enable its Quad SPI mode, it should immediately after tell the
> QSPI * controller to use the very same Quad SPI protocol as expected by
> the memory. */

Sure, excellent, thanks ! :-)
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