linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-binding: spi: Document Renesas R-Car Gen3 RPC controller bindings

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Message-ID: <4976dae8-222f-b7a1-ca5b-4abf3c5f26db@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 5 Dec 2018 13:53:16 +0100
From:   Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
To:     masonccyang@...c.com.tw
Cc:     boris.brezillon@...tlin.com, broonie@...nel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>, juliensu@...c.com.tw,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, zhengxunli@...c.com.tw
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-binding: spi: Document Renesas R-Car Gen3 RPC
 controller bindings

On 12/05/2018 09:39 AM, masonccyang@...c.com.tw wrote:
> Hi Marek,

Hi,

>> "Marek Vasut" <marek.vasut@...il.com>
>> 2018/12/05 上午 10:04
>>
>> To
>>
>> "Mason Yang" <masonccyang@...c.com.tw>, broonie@...nel.org, linux-
>> kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
>> boris.brezillon@...tlin.com, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
>> "Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
>>
>> cc
>>
>> juliensu@...c.com.tw, "Simon Horman" <horms@...ge.net.au>,
>> zhengxunli@...c.com.tw
>>
>> Subject
>>
>> Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] dt-binding: spi: Document Renesas R-Car Gen3 RPC
>> controller bindings
>>
>> On 12/03/2018 10:18 AM, Mason Yang wrote:
>> > Document the bindings used by the Renesas R-Car Gen3 RPC SPI controller.
>>
>> RPC is SPI and HF controller, it is not a pure SPI controller.
>>
>> How does this deal with the HF part ? Keep in mind the bindings are ABI
>> and it will be difficult to redo them later.
> 
> After checking HF datasheet,
> 512_MBIT_256_MBIT_128_MBIT_HYPERFLASH_FAMILY_Datasheet.pdf.
> 
> 
> 
> From my point of view,
> HyperFlash is a kind of standard NOR Flash with high-speed SPI interface.
> But I might be wrong.
It behaves as a Parallel CFI NOR internally, and so it fits and works
with the CFI NOR drivers (see the U-Boot driver), except the interface
between the HF controller and the chip is custom. It's not SPI per-se.

-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut