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Message-ID: <20220609103944.GD2758@thinkpad>
Date:   Thu, 9 Jun 2022 16:09:44 +0530
From:   Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@...nel.org>
To:     Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc:     Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] dt-bindings: mtd: qcom_nandc: document
 qcom,boot-partitions binding

On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 12:25:27PM +0200, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 12:50:29PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 02:10:29AM +0200, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> > > Document new qcom,boot-partition binding used to apply special
> > > read/write layout to boot partitions.
> > > 
> > > QCOM apply a special layout where spare data is not protected
> > > by ECC for some special pages (used for boot partition). Add
> > > Documentation on how to declare these special pages.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
> > > ---
> > >  .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml   | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml
> > > index 84ad7ff30121..a0914ccb95b0 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml
> > > @@ -102,6 +102,30 @@ allOf:
> > >              - const: rx
> > >              - const: cmd
> > >  
> > > +  - if:
> > > +      properties:
> > > +        compatible:
> > > +          contains:
> > > +            enum:
> > > +              - qcom,ipq806x-nand
> > > +
> > > +    then:
> > > +      properties:
> > > +        qcom,boot-partitions:
> > > +          $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-matrix
> > 
> > Wondering if u32 is enough for covering all ranges? Other than this,
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@...nel.org>
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mani
> >
> 
> I mean they are offset and sizes... Considering it's an old SoC and max
> nand mounted is 1g we should be safe with u32.
> 

I thought so but wanted to confirm...

Thanks,
Mani

> > > +          items:
> > > +            items:
> > > +              - description: offset
> > > +              - description: size
> > > +          description:
> > > +            Boot partition use a different layout where the 4 bytes of spare
> > > +            data are not protected by ECC. Use this to declare these special
> > > +            partitions by defining first the offset and then the size.
> > > +
> > > +            It's in the form of <offset1 size1 offset2 size2 offset3 ...>
> > > +
> > > +            Refer to the ipq8064 example on how to use this special binding.
> > > +
> > >  required:
> > >    - compatible
> > >    - reg
> > > @@ -135,6 +159,8 @@ examples:
> > >          nand-ecc-strength = <4>;
> > >          nand-bus-width = <8>;
> > >  
> > > +        qcom,boot-partitions = <0x0 0x58a0000>;
> > > +
> > >          partitions {
> > >            compatible = "fixed-partitions";
> > >            #address-cells = <1>;
> > > -- 
> > > 2.36.1
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > மணிவண்ணன் சதாசிவம்
> 
> -- 
> 	Ansuel

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