Re: [PATCH v8] mtd: spi-nor: Add support for S3AN spi-nor devices

From: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado
Date: Fri Dec 02 2016 - 05:52:44 EST


Hi Marek

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/01/2016 06:52 PM, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
>> Hi Marek
>
> Hi,
>
>> Thanks for your review
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 11/24/2016 05:56 PM, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
>>
>>>> +#define SPI_S3AN BIT(10) /*
>>>> + * Xilinx Spartan 3AN In-System Flash
>>>> + * (MFR cannot be used for probing
>>>> + * because it has the same value as
>>>> + * ATMEL flashes)
>>>> + */
>>>
>>> I have possibly off-topic question. Altera has something very similar --
>>> EPCS/EPCQ flash which cannot be detected using standard READID .
>>> Would this patch help with supporting those degenerate flashes too?
>>>
>>>> };
>>>>
>>
>> I dont know, but I love the term degenerated flash, please let me use it :)
>
> Hehe. It'd be great to know whether we don't have a possibility for a
> generic usecase here. Can you briefly check that ?

I have taken a brief look to
https://www.altera.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_US/pdfs/literature/hb/cfg/cfg_cf52012.pdf

and they seem different enough to not reuse the flag :(.

>> I guess they are using some bits reserved to ECC for data and that way
>> you can squeeze some bits for user data.
>
> OK, comment could help clarify this, so please add one.

Will send a v9

Thanks!