linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mtd: nand: pxa3xx-nand: fix readid without keep_config

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Date:	Sun, 16 Aug 2015 18:36:55 -0300
From:	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...guardiasur.com.ar>
To:	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Cc:	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mtd: nand: pxa3xx-nand: fix readid without
 keep_config

On 11 Aug 09:57 PM, Robert Jarzmik wrote:
> The cases of READID detection are broken on pxa3xx. The reason is that
> in the early stages of nand probing, ie. at pxa3xx_nand_scan(), we
> always have :
>  - info->use_dma = 0 (regardless of dma support yet)
>  - info->chunk_size = 0 (not yet detected)
> 
> The READID issued by pxa3xx_nand_scan() will therefore end up in
> handle_data_pio(), and do_bytes will be 0, leading to not reading the
> nand id, and blocking detection.
> 
> This doesn't happen if "keep_config" is used, which is probably the most
> tested case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
> Fixes: 70ed85232a93 ("mtd: nand: pxa3xx: Introduce multiple page I/O
> support")

To be fair, Antoine submitted this a while ago:

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-April/058739.html

Not sure which one takes precedence in such a case (and yours
has a proper Fixes tag).

> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
> index edfe329cc9db..b0737aec7caf 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
> @@ -1482,6 +1482,7 @@ static int pxa3xx_nand_scan(struct mtd_info *mtd)
>  	int i, ret, num;
>  	uint16_t ecc_strength, ecc_step;
>  
> +	info->chunk_size = 512;
>  	if (pdata->keep_config && !pxa3xx_nand_detect_config(info))
>  		goto KEEP_CONFIG;
>  
> -- 
> 2.1.4
> 
> 
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