[U-Boot] [RESEND 1/2] stm32: stm32f4: move flash driver to mtd driver location

[Vikas MANOCHA]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jagan Teki [mailto:jteki at openedev.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 9:46 AM
> To: Vikas MANOCHA
> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de; Albert Aribaud; Antonio Borneo; Heiko Schocher;
> Kamil Lulko; Matt Porter; rev13 at wp.pl; Scott Wood; Simon Glass; Stefan
> Roese; Thomas Chou; Vadzim Dambrouski
> Subject: Re: [RESEND 1/2] stm32: stm32f4: move flash driver to mtd driver
> location
> 
> On Thursday 10 March 2016 11:11 PM, Vikas MANOCHA wrote:
> > Hi Jagan,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: jteki at openedev.com [mailto:jteki at openedev.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 9:02 PM
> >> To: Vikas MANOCHA
> >> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de; Albert Aribaud; Antonio Borneo; Heiko
> >> Schocher; Kamil Lulko; Matt Porter; rev13 at wp.pl; Scott Wood; Simon
> >> Glass; Stefan Roese; Thomas Chou; Vadzim Dambrouski
> >> Subject: Re: [RESEND 1/2] stm32: stm32f4: move flash driver to mtd
> >> driver location
> >>
> >> On 2016-03-09 23:18, Vikas MANOCHA wrote:
> >>> Hi Jagan ,
> >>>
> >>>> On Mar 9, 2016, at 6:53 PM, Jagan Teki <jteki at openedev.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Thursday 10 March 2016 04:48 AM, Vikas Manocha wrote:
> >>>>> Same flash driver can be used by other stm32 families like stm32f7.
> >>>>> Better place for this driver would be mtd driver location.
> >>>>
> >>>> What kind of flash is it, parallel or serial NOR?
> >>>
> >>> It is embedded 256 bit NOR flash.
> >>
> >> OK, I thought it's similar to SST25L.
> >>
> >> Can't we detect this through cfi_flash framework?
> >
> > No, it is not possible.
> 
> Sorry, please add some details why it couldn't?

The embedded flash in stm32 is not cfi flash. Cfi tables to find the flash characteristics are not implemented.

Cheers,
Vikas