[U-Boot] mtd: spi-nor: new NXP FlexSPI driver location & framework to use ?

Prabhakar Kushwaha prabhakar.kushwaha at nxp.com
Thu May 17 11:19:35 UTC 2018


Dear Jagan,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: U-Boot [mailto:u-boot-bounces at lists.denx.de] On Behalf Of
> Prabhakar Kushwaha
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 6:55 PM
> To: Jagan Teki <jagannadh.teki at gmail.com>
> Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] mtd: spi-nor: new NXP FlexSPI driver location &
> framework to use ?
> 
> Thanks Jagan,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jagan Teki [mailto:jagannadh.teki at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 11:31 AM
> > To: Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar.kushwaha at nxp.com>
> > Cc: Jagan Teki <jagan at amarulasolutions.com>; York Sun
> > <york.sun at nxp.com>; Yogesh Narayan Gaur
> <yogeshnarayan.gaur at nxp.com>;
> > Poonam Aggrwal <poonam.aggrwal at nxp.com>; Ashish Kumar
> > <ashish.kumar at nxp.com>; u- boot at lists.denx.de
> > Subject: Re: mtd: spi-nor: new NXP FlexSPI driver location & framework
> > to use ?
> >
> > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Prabhakar Kushwaha
> > <prabhakar.kushwaha at nxp.com> wrote:
> > > Dear Jagan,
> > >
> > > NXP is coming up with new FlexSPI controller. It is similar to
> > > existing QSPI
> > with enhanced feature-set.
> > > We have the driver ready as per existing framework i.e. driver/spi.
> > >
> > > From recend discussion, we go to know about framework change.
> > > Migration of qspi drivers in u-boot-spi/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/
> > git://git.denx.de/u-boot-spi.git branch mtd-spinor-working.
> > >
> > > We are in dilemma for sending FlexSPI driver upstream.
> > > Do we follow existing framework i.e. driver/spi   or new proposed
> > framework i.e. u-boot-spi/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/
> > >
> > > Also, do we have any timeline of u-boot-spi/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/ to
> > become default.
> >
> > Idea is to move spi-nor, mtd-spinor-working is paused because of
> > non-dm drivers accessing.
> 
> This means, flexspi controller driver should be upstream'ed via u-boot-
> spi/drivers/mtd/spi-nor branch mtd-spinor-working
> 

Please help me with the query. 
We don’t want to end up with 2 FlexSPI drivers being posted in upstream. 

--pk






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