linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] spi: Add OSPI PHY calibration support for spi-cadence-quadspi

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Message-ID: <278f4417bad780ee610d86299e613990@walle.cc>
Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:26:50 +0100
From:   Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
To:     Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@...com>
Cc:     Tudor.Ambarus@...rochip.com, nm@...com, kristo@...nel.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, miquel.raynal@...tlin.com, richard@....at,
        vigneshr@...com, broonie@...nel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] spi: Add OSPI PHY calibration support for
 spi-cadence-quadspi

Am 2021-03-12 12:07, schrieb Pratyush Yadav:
> On 12/03/21 11:20AM, Michael Walle wrote:
>> Am 2021-03-12 11:10, schrieb Pratyush Yadav:
>> > There is usually a delay from when the flash drives the data line (IOW,
>> > puts a data bit on it) and when the signal reaches the controller. This
>> > delay can vary by the flash, board, silicon characteristics,
>> > temperature, etc.
>> 
>> Temperature might change over time, but the calibration is only done
>> once. I don't know how much influence the temperature actually has, 
>> but
>> our boards are usually operating from -40°C to +85°C. So there might 
>> be
>> a possible temperature difference of 125K between actual calibration 
>> and
>> when the flash is accessed.
> 
> The algorithm supports a temperature range of -45 C to +130 C. The
> temperature is checked at calibration time and adjustments are made to
> make sure the reads work over the entire temperature range [0].

Ah, nice. And you need the current temperature to correlate it to the
meassured timings, right?

-michael