linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: Document the STM32 QSPI bindings

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Message-ID: <87299c6e-a107-c833-a102-a33a7b517291@st.com>
Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2017 18:00:39 +0200
From:   Ludovic BARRE <ludovic.barre@...com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
CC:     Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...com>,
        "linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: Document the STM32 QSPI bindings


On 04/04/2017 02:20 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:28 AM, Ludovic BARRE <ludovic.barre@...com> wrote:
>> Hi Rob
>>
>> thanks for review
>> my comments below
>>
>> br
>> Ludo
>>
>> On 04/03/2017 06:57 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 07:02:03PM +0200, Ludovic Barre wrote:
>>>> From: Ludovic Barre <ludovic.barre@...com>
>>>>
>>>> This patch adds documentation of device tree bindings for the STM32
>>>> QSPI controller.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ludovic Barre <ludovic.barre@...com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/stm32-quadspi.txt      | 45
>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>    1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
>>>>    create mode 100644
>>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/stm32-quadspi.txt
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/stm32-quadspi.txt
>>>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/stm32-quadspi.txt
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..95a8ebd
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/stm32-quadspi.txt
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
>>>> +* STMicroelectronics Quad Serial Peripheral Interface(QuadSPI)
>>>> +
>>>> +Required properties:
>>>> +- compatible: should be "st,stm32f469-qspi"
>>>> +- reg: contains the register location and length.
>>>> +  (optional) the memory mapping address and length
>>> Why optional? Either the h/w has it or doesn't. If some chips don't,
>>> they should have a different compatible string.
>> in fact, the stm32 qspi controller can operate in any of the following
>> modes:
>> -indirect mode: all the operations are performed using the qspi registers
>> with read/write.
>> -read memory-mapped mode: the external Flash memory is mapped to the
>>   microcontroller address space and is seen by the system as if it was
>>   an internal memory (use memcpy_fromio). this mode improve read throughput
>>
>> if qspi_mm is defined the qspi controller use read memory-mapped mode
>> else the controller transfers in indirect mode.
> You should always have the memory region defined because that's what
> the h/w has. If you want another property to select the mode, then
> perhaps that's fine. But why? Can't the OS figure out which to use?
> Why would you ever not use memory mapped mode unless the driver
> doesn't yet support it?
ok, I always map the memory region (qspi_mm is now required).
if the nor-flash is more bigger than "qspi memory region", I force to use
the indirect mode.
> Rob