linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: dts: starfive: Update flash partition layout

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 19:59:21 +0200
From: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@...onical.com>
To: Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@...onical.com>
Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org, aou@...s.berkeley.edu, duwe@...e.de,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, palmer@...belt.com, paul.walmsley@...ive.com,
 linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
 matthias.bgg@...nel.org, kernel@...il.dk, robh@...nel.org,
 krzk+dt@...nel.org, conor+dt@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: dts: starfive: Update flash partition layout

On 6/3/24 18:10, Emil Renner Berthing wrote:
> matthias.bgg@ wrote:
>> From: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>
>>
>> Up to now, the describe flash partition layout has some gaps.
>> Use the whole flash chip by getting rid of the gaps.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@...onical.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>
> 
> Hi Matthias,
> 
> Thanks for the patch.
> 
>>
>> ---
>>
>>   arch/riscv/boot/dts/starfive/jh7110-common.dtsi | 7 ++-----
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/starfive/jh7110-common.dtsi b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/starfive/jh7110-common.dtsi
>> index 8ff6ea64f0489..37b4c294ffcc5 100644
>> --- a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/starfive/jh7110-common.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/starfive/jh7110-common.dtsi
>> @@ -321,16 +321,13 @@ partitions {
>>   			#size-cells = <1>;
>>
>>   			spl@0 {
>> -				reg = <0x0 0x80000>;
>> +				reg = <0x0 0xf0000>;
> 
> ..this is definitely fine, but..
> 
>>   			};
>>   			uboot-env@...00 {
>>   				reg = <0xf0000 0x10000>;
>>   			};
>>   			uboot@...000 {
>> -				reg = <0x100000 0x400000>;
>> -			};
>> -			reserved-data@...000 {
>> -				reg = <0x600000 0xa00000>;
>> +				reg = <0x100000 0xf00000>;
> 
> Do we know that all of the VF2 1.2A, VF2 1.3B and Milk-V Mars boards have at
> least 15kB SPI flash chips? In other words were there a reason this previously
> ended at 10kB?
> 
> Also it looks like my Mars board and VF2 1.3B both report discovering a
> "gd25lq128d" chip of 16kB, so why stop at 15kB?

Hello Emil,

0xf00000 (15 MiB) is the value of the size-cell. gd25lq128d has 128 Mbit 
(=16 MiB).

Cf. the examples in 
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/fixed-partitions.yaml

The prior partition scheme had a partition 'reserved-data' also ending 
at 16 MiB. We don't change the expected size with the current patch.

Best regards

Heinrich

> 
> /Emil