[U-Boot] [PATCH] sf: Fix s25fs512s erase size and remove SECT_4K flag

[York Sun]

On 04/26/2017 10:17 PM, Suresh Gupta wrote:
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>> Suresh,
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>> Did you test your patch after removing CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_BAR? Why doesn't
>> this flash support BAR commands? How did it work before broken?
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> York, the flash s25fs512s support 32 bit address to handle >16M memory access.
> With and without CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_BAR the u-boot only access up to 16M of flash memory
> for this particular flash which is installed on our boards (LS1012ARDB, LS1046ARDB, LS1088ARDB, LS2088ARDB).
> So, anyhow we need to remove this CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_BAR from our boards configs.
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> For accessing >16M of flash memory (to support 32 bit address) I already start discussion [2] with Jagan. Hopefully
> We have a solution for that in near future.
> [2] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/676152/
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How did it (>16MB) work before?

York