[U-Boot] [PATCHv2 CFI flash]: Workaround for Numonyx Axcell P33/P30 256-Mbit 65nm bug

Philippe De Muyter phdm at macqel.be
Wed Jun 23 15:10:40 CEST 2010


Hello Wolfgang & list,

This is a revised patch, with comments and indentation fixed, I hope.

I have "ported" U-boot to a in house made board with Numonyx Axcell P33/P30
256-Mbit 65nm flash chips.

After some time :( searching for bugs in our board or soft, we have
discovered that those chips have a small but annoying bug, documented in
"Numonyx Axcell P33/P30 256-Mbit Specification Update"

It states :
When customer uses [...] block unlock, the block lock status might be
altered inadvertently. Lock status might be set to either 01h or 03h
unexpectedly (00h as expected data), which leads to program/erase failure
on certain blocks.

A working workaround is given, which I have applied and tested with success.

Signed-off-by: Philippe De Muyter <phdm at macqel.be>

---
 drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c b/drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c
index 3267c5d..4bf0807 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c
@@ -1347,17 +1347,34 @@ int flash_real_protect (flash_info_t * info, long sector, int prot)
 	switch (info->vendor) {
 		case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_PROG_REGIONS:
 		case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_STANDARD:
-		case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_EXTENDED:
-			flash_write_cmd (info, sector, 0,
-					 FLASH_CMD_CLEAR_STATUS);
-			flash_write_cmd (info, sector, 0, FLASH_CMD_PROTECT);
+		case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_EXTENDED: {
+			unsigned short cmd;
+
 			if (prot)
-				flash_write_cmd (info, sector, 0,
-					FLASH_CMD_PROTECT_SET);
+				cmd = FLASH_CMD_PROTECT_SET;
 			else
+				cmd = FLASH_CMD_PROTECT_CLEAR;
+			/*
+			 * see errata called
+			 * "Numonyx Axcell P33/P30 Specification Update" :)
+			 */
+			flash_write_cmd (info, sector, 0, FLASH_CMD_READ_ID);
+			if (!flash_isequal (info, sector, FLASH_OFFSET_PROTECT,
+					    prot)) {
+				int flag = disable_interrupts ();
+				/*
+				 * cmd must come before FLASH_CMD_PROTECT + 20us
+				 * Disable interrupts which might cause a timeout here.
+				 */
 				flash_write_cmd (info, sector, 0,
-					FLASH_CMD_PROTECT_CLEAR);
+						  FLASH_CMD_PROTECT);
+				flash_write_cmd (info, sector, 0, cmd);
+				/* re-enable interrupts if necessary */
+				if (flag)
+					enable_interrupts ();
+			}
 			break;
+		}
 		case CFI_CMDSET_AMD_EXTENDED:
 		case CFI_CMDSET_AMD_STANDARD:
 			/* U-Boot only checks the first byte */
-- 
1.6.3.3



-- 
Philippe De Muyter  phdm at macqel dot be  Tel +32 27029044
Macq Electronique SA  rue de l'Aeronef 2  B-1140 Bruxelles  Fax +32 27029077


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