[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 00/20] SF: Migrate to Linux SPI NOR framework

Jagan Teki jagan at amarulasolutions.com
Mon Feb 4 19:03:20 UTC 2019


On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 1:56 PM Vignesh R <vigneshr at ti.com> wrote:
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> On 31/01/19 8:15 PM, Jagan Teki wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 8:12 PM Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 08:10:53PM +0530, Jagan Teki wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 11:19 AM Vignesh R <vigneshr at ti.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Here is the v3 of SPI NOR migration(github branch at [1]). I have
> >>>> retained Tested-by from v2 as this is just re split of patches and
> >>>> minor fixups.
> >>>>
> >>>> Travis ci reports all green.
> >>>>
> >>>> Change log:
> >>>> Since v2:
> >>>> Split sync up patches into smaller versions so that its easier for review.
> >>>> Address comments by Jagan and Simon Goldschmidt on v2.
> >>>> Make SPI_FLASH_TINY(read only SF stack)  as default for SPL build to
> >>>> offset against size increase due to new code.
> >>>>
> >>>> Since v1:
> >>>> Remove #ifindef __UBOOT__
> >>>> Add back BAR support, but dont enable as default for all platform (see
> >>>> 10/11 for more details)
> >>>> Enable SPI_FLASH_TINY on boards where there is SPL size constraint as
> >>>> seen on travis ci builds.
> >>>> Drop sf_mtd changes for now as it seems to cause issues.
> >>>> v1: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/cover/1012146/
> >>>>
> >>>> Since RFC v2:
> >>>> Fix issues reported by Simon Goldschmidt wrt 4 use of byte addressing opcode
> >>>> Fix issues in compiling SFDP code
> >>>> Re organize file names and Makefile to simply spi-nor-tiny inclusion
> >>>> Remove SPI_FLASH_BAR and SF_DUAL_FLASH as these are no longer used
> >>>> RFC v2: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/cover/1007589/
> >>>>
> >>>> Since RFC v1:
> >>>> Add lightweight SPI flash stack for boards with SPL size constraints
> >>>> Provide non DM version of spi-mem
> >>>> Fix build issues on different platforms as reported by travis-ci on v1
> >>>>
> >>>> RFC v1: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/cover/1004689/
> >>>>
> >>>> Background:
> >>>>
> >>>> U-Boot SPI NOR support (sf layer) is quite outdated as it does not
> >>>> support 4 byte addressing opcodes, SFDP table parsing and different types of
> >>>> quad mode enable sequences. Many newer flashes no longer support BANK
> >>>> registers used by sf layer to a access >16MB space.
> >>>> Also, many SPI controllers have special MMIO interfaces which provide
> >>>> accelerated read/write access but require knowledge of flash parameters
> >>>> to make use of it. Recent spi-mem layer provides a way to support such
> >>>> flashes but sf layer isn't using that.
> >>>> This patch series syncs SPI NOR framework from Linux v4.19. It also adds
> >>>> spi-mem support on top.
> >>>> So, we gain 4byte addressing support and SFDP support. This makes
> >>>> migrating to U-Boot MTD framework easier.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tested with few Spansion, micron and macronix flashes with TI's dra7xx,
> >>>> k2g, am43xx EVMs. I dont have access to flashes from other vendors. So,
> >>>> I would greatly appreciate testing on other platforms. Complete series
> >>>> with dependencies here[1]
> >>>>
> >>>> For clean build on some platforms, depends on CONFIG_SPI_FLASH migration
> >>>> to defconfigs [2]
> >>>>
> >>>> [1] https://github.com/r-vignesh/u-boot.git  branch: spi-nor-mig-patch-v3
> >>>> [2] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1007485/
> >>>>
> >>>> Vignesh R (20):
> >>>>   configs: Move CONFIG_SPI_FLASH into defconfigs
> >>>>   bitops: Fix GENMASK definition for Sandbox
> >>>>   spi: spi-mem: Allow use of spi_mem_exec_op for all SPI modes
> >>>>   spi: spi-mem: Extend spi_mem_adjust_op_size() to honor max xfer size
> >>>>   spi: spi-mem: Claim SPI bus before spi mem access
> >>>>   spi: Add non DM version of SPI_MEM
> >>>>   sh: bitops: add hweight*() macros
> >>>>   mtd: spi: Port SPI NOR framework from Linux
> >>>>   mtd: spi: spi-nor-core: Add SPI MEM support
> >>>>   mtd: spi: spi-nor-core: Add 4 Byte addressing support
> >>>>   mtd: spi: spi-nor-core: Add SFDP support
> >>>>   mtd: spi: spi-nor-core: Add back U-Boot specific features
> >>>>   mtd: spi: sf_probe: Add "jedec,spi-nor" compatible string
> >>>>   mtd: spi: Switch to new SPI NOR framework
> >>>>   mtd: spi: Remove unused files
> >>>>   mtd: spi: Add lightweight SPI flash stack for SPL
> >>>>   spl: Kconfig: Enable SPI_FLASH_TINY by default for SPL
> >>>>   configs: Remove SF_DUAL_FLASH
> >>>>   configs: Don't use SPI_FLASH_BAR as default
> >>>>   MAINTAINERS: Add an entry for SPI NOR
> >>>
> >>> Except 16/20 and 19/20, all look fine to me.
> >>>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Jagan Teki <jagan at openedev.com>
> >>> Tested-by: Jagan Teki <jagan at amarulasolutions.com> #zynq-microzed
>
> Thanks for all the reviews!

Waiting for v4. I tried applying but seems like config patches are
unable to apply.


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