[U-Boot] [patch 1/2] nand_spl_simple: Add a simple flash read function

Thomas Gleixner tglx at linutronix.de
Sat Jul 5 11:48:12 CEST 2014


To support UBI in SPL we need a simple flash read function. Add one to
nand_spl_simple and keep it as simple as it goes.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
---
 drivers/mtd/nand/nand_spl_simple.c |   64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/nand.h                     |    1 
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+)

Index: u-boot/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_spl_simple.c
===================================================================
--- u-boot.orig/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_spl_simple.c
+++ u-boot/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_spl_simple.c
@@ -206,6 +206,70 @@ static int nand_read_page(int block, int
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_UBI
+/*
+ * Temporary storage for non NAND page aligned and non NAND page sized
+ * reads. Note: This does not support runtime detected FLASH yet, but
+ * that should be reasonably easy to fix by making the buffer large
+ * enough :)
+ */
+static u8 scratch_buf[CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE];
+
+/**
+ * nand_spl_read_flash - Read data from flash into a buffer
+ * @pnum:	Number of the physical eraseblock
+ * @offset:	Data offset from the start of @pnum
+ * @len:	Data size to read
+ * @dest:	Address of the destination buffer
+ *
+ * This could be further optimized if we'd have a subpage read
+ * function in the simple code. On NAND which allows subpage reads
+ * this would spare quite some time to readout e.g. the VID header of
+ * UBI.
+ *
+ * Notes:
+ *
+ *	@offset + @len are not allowed to be larger than a physical
+ *	erase block. No sanity check done for simplicity reasons.
+ *
+ * To support runtime detected flash this needs to be extended by
+ * information about the actual flash geometry, but thats beyond the
+ * scope of this effort and for most applications where fast boot is
+ * required its a non issue anyway.
+ */
+int nand_spl_read_flash(u32 pnum, u32 offset, u32 len, void *dest)
+{
+	u32 offs, page, read, toread = len;
+
+	/* Calculate the page number */
+	page = offset / CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	/* Offset to the start of a flash page */
+	offs = offset % CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	while (toread) {
+		/*
+		 * Non page aligned reads go to the scratch buffer.
+		 * Page aligned reads go directly to the destination.
+		 */
+		if (offs || toread < CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE) {
+			nand_read_page(pnum, page, scratch_buf);
+			read = min(len, toread);
+			read = min(read, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE - offs);
+			memcpy(dest, scratch_buf + offs, read);
+			offs = 0;
+		} else {
+			nand_read_page(pnum, page, dest);
+			read = CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE;
+		}
+		page++;
+		toread -= read;
+		dest += read;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 int nand_spl_load_image(uint32_t offs, unsigned int size, void *dst)
 {
 	unsigned int block, lastblock;
Index: u-boot/include/nand.h
===================================================================
--- u-boot.orig/include/nand.h
+++ u-boot/include/nand.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ int nand_unlock(nand_info_t *meminfo, lo
 int nand_get_lock_status(nand_info_t *meminfo, loff_t offset);
 
 int nand_spl_load_image(uint32_t offs, unsigned int size, void *dst);
+int nand_spl_read_flash(u32 pnum, u32 offset, u32 len, void *dest);
 void nand_deselect(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SELECT_DEVICE




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