Hi Ezequiel, On Mon, 2014-04-07 at 10:13 +0400, Alexey Brodkin wrote: > Hi Ezequiel, > > On Fri, 2014-04-04 at 11:09 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote: > > On Apr 04, Alexey Brodkin wrote: > > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrod...@synopsys.com> > > > > > > > Maybe it would be nice adding some driver description here, so the commit > > log actually says something useful about the commit. > > Well, I thought about it but frankly I'm not sure if there's anything > else to add to commit title "driver for NAND controller used on Synopsys > AXS dev boards". > > Do you think more info may make sense? > > > > +/** > > > + * axs_flag_wait_and_reset - Waits until requested flag in INT_STATUS > > > register > > > + * is set by HW and resets it by writing "1" in > > > INT_CLR_STATUS. > > > + * @host: Pointer to private data structure. > > > + * @flag: Bit/flag offset in INT_STATUS register > > > + */ > > > +static void axs_flag_wait_and_reset(struct axs_nand_host *host, int flag) > > > +{ > > > + unsigned int i; > > > + > > > + for (i = 0; i < AXS_FLAG_WAIT_DELAY * 100; i++) { > > > + unsigned int status = reg_get(host, INT_STATUS); > > > + > > > + if (status & (1 << flag)) { > > > + reg_set(host, INT_CLR_STATUS, 1 << flag); > > > + return; > > > + } > > > + > > > + udelay(10); > > > + } > > > + > > > + /* > > > + * Since we cannot report this problem any further than > > > + * axs_nand_{write|read}_buf() letting user know there's a problem. > > > + */ > > > + dev_err(host->dev, "Waited too long (%d s.) for flag/bit %d\n", > > > + AXS_FLAG_WAIT_DELAY, flag); > > > +} > > > > Hm... I'm not sure the above is really true. > > > > The NAND core uses the replaceable chip->waitfunc callback to check the > > status of issued commands. See for instance: > > > > static int nand_write_oob_std(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip, > > int page) > > { > > int status = 0; > > const uint8_t *buf = chip->oob_poi; > > int length = mtd->oobsize; > > > > chip->cmdfunc(mtd, NAND_CMD_SEQIN, mtd->writesize, page); > > chip->write_buf(mtd, buf, length); > > /* Send command to program the OOB data */ > > chip->cmdfunc(mtd, NAND_CMD_PAGEPROG, -1, -1); > > > > status = chip->waitfunc(mtd, chip); > > > > return status & NAND_STATUS_FAIL ? -EIO : 0; > > } > > > > On the other side, if you are clearing the flags in > > axs_flag_wait_and_reset() > > it might be a bit hard for you to get this right. > > > > IOW, I'm not saying you *must* do this, but instead suggesting that you take > > a look at waitfunc() and see if it helps report a proper error in the > > read/write path. > > As I may understand from generic implementation of "waitfunc" in > "nand_base.c" it checks status of NAND chip itself - which IMHO makes > sense. And this is done via NAND_CMD_STATUS command sent to chip through > NAND controller. > > In AXS NAND driver you may see 2 types of wait checks: > 1. NAND_ISR_CMDDONE - this flag means that NAND controller has just > executed provided command (i.e. set proper signal on control lines of > NAND chip etc), but it doesn't mean NAND chip itself has completed > command execution. That's why "waitfunc" is not direct replacement here. > > 2. NAND_ISR_{RX|TX}DMACOMPLETE - this flag indicates completion of DMA > transfer to/from NAND chip to RAM. "waitfunc" won't work here as well. > > I hope this explanation makes sense.
Please treat this message as a gentle reminder. I'm wondering if my explanation in the previous email makes any sense or I still need to fix stuff. Regards, Alexey -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/