[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] Optimized nand_read_buf for kirkwood
Prafulla Wadaskar
prafulla at marvell.com
Thu Dec 20 07:44:01 CET 2012
> -----Original Message-----
> From: u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de [mailto:u-boot-
> bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of Scott Wood
> Sent: 27 November 2012 05:09
> To: Phil Sutter
> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de; Nico Erfurth
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] Optimized nand_read_buf for kirkwood
>
> On 11/26/2012 04:33:08 AM, Phil Sutter wrote:
> > The basic idea is taken from the linux-kernel, but further
> optimized.
> >
> > First align the buffer to 8 bytes, then use ldrd/strd to read and
> > store
> > in 8 byte quantities, then do the final bytes.
> >
> > Tested using: 'date ; nand read.raw 0xE00000 0x0 0x10000 ; date'.
> > Without this patch, NAND read of 132MB took 49s (~2.69MB/s). With
> this
> > patch in place, reading the same amount of data was done in 27s
> > (~4.89MB/s). So read performance is increased by ~80%!
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nico Erfurth <ne at erfurth.eu>
> > Tested-by: Phil Sutter <phil.sutter at viprinet.com>
> > Cc: Prafulla Wadaskar <prafulla at marvell.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/mtd/nand/kirkwood_nand.c | 29
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/kirkwood_nand.c
> > b/drivers/mtd/nand/kirkwood_nand.c
> > index bdab5aa..e04a59f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/kirkwood_nand.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/kirkwood_nand.c
> > @@ -38,6 +38,34 @@ struct kwnandf_registers {
> > static struct kwnandf_registers *nf_reg =
> > (struct kwnandf_registers *)KW_NANDF_BASE;
> >
> > +
> > +/* The basic idea is stolen from the linux kernel, but the inner
> > loop is optimized a bit more */
> > +static void kw_nand_read_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf,
> int
> > len)
> > +{
> > + struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
> > +
> > + while (len && (unsigned long)buf & 7)
> > + {
>
> Brace goes on the previous line.
>
> > + *buf++ = readb(chip->IO_ADDR_R);
> > + len--;
> > + };
> > +
> > + asm volatile (
> > + ".LFlashLoop:\n"
> > + " subs\t%0, #8\n"
> > + " ldrpld\tr2, [%2]\n" // Read 2 words
> > + " strpld\tr2, [%1], #8\n" // Read 2 words
> > + " bpl\t.LFlashLoop\n" // This results in one
> > additional loop if len%8 <> 0
> > + " addne\t%0, #8\n"
> > + : "+&r" (len), "+&r" (buf)
> > + : "r" (chip->IO_ADDR_R)
> > + : "r2", "r3", "memory", "cc"
> > + );
>
> Use a real tab (or a space) rather than \t (which only helps
> readability in the asm output, rather than the C source that people
> actually look at).
>
> Should probably use a numeric label to avoid any possibility of
> conflict.
>
> Would this make more sense as a more generic optimized memcpy_fromio()
> or similar?
Hi Phil
For your next post of this patch, please do not forget to add version info and changlog to the patch.
Regards...
Prafulla . . .
>
> -Scott
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