Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] mtd: spi-nor: cadence-quadspi: add a delay in write sequence

From: Vignesh R
Date: Mon Oct 02 2017 - 08:47:45 EST




On 9/24/2017 6:43 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 09/24/2017 02:33 PM, Vignesh R wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 9/24/2017 5:29 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>> On 09/24/2017 12:59 PM, Vignesh R wrote:
>>>> As per 66AK2G02 TRM[1] SPRUHY8F section 11.15.5.3 Indirect Access
>>>> Controller programming sequence, a delay equal to couple of QSPI master
>>>> clock(~5ns) is required after setting CQSPI_REG_INDIRECTWR_START bit and
>>>> writing data to the flash. Introduce a quirk flag CQSPI_NEEDS_WR_DELAY
>>>> to handle this and set this flag for TI 66AK2G SoC.
>>>>
>>>> [1]http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/spruhy8f/spruhy8f.pdf
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Vignesh R <vigneshr@xxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Is this TI specific or is this controller property ? I wouldn't be
>>> surprised of the later ...
>>
>> I am not sure, there is no generic public documentation by cadence for
>> this IP. TI TRM clearly states this delay is required and I have
>> verified it practically that this delay is indeed needed.
>> But current user of this IP, socfpga does not seem to mention anything
>> about it. So, I guess its TI specific quirk.
>
> OK, let's go with that then. I didn't observe any stability issues with
> SoCFPGA, but I didn't run the flash at 100s of MHz either. At what kind
> of frequencies does the quirk become relevant ?
>

Actually, delay is tied to QSPI master clk rate(not SPI bus clk rate).
It runs at 384MHz. Changing SPI bus rate has no effect.

Regards
Vignesh

>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> v3:
>>>> Fix build warnings reported by kbuild test bot.
>>>>
>>>> drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c
>>>> index 53c7d8e0327a..5cd5d6f7303f 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c
>>>> @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
>>>> #define CQSPI_NAME "cadence-qspi"
>>>> #define CQSPI_MAX_CHIPSELECT 16
>>>>
>>>> +/* Quirks */
>>>> +#define CQSPI_NEEDS_WR_DELAY BIT(0)
>>>> +
>>>> struct cqspi_st;
>>>>
>>>> struct cqspi_flash_pdata {
>>>> @@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ struct cqspi_st {
>>>> u32 fifo_depth;
>>>> u32 fifo_width;
>>>> u32 trigger_address;
>>>> + u32 wr_delay;
>>>> struct cqspi_flash_pdata f_pdata[CQSPI_MAX_CHIPSELECT];
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>> @@ -608,6 +612,15 @@ static int cqspi_indirect_write_execute(struct spi_nor *nor,
>>>> reinit_completion(&cqspi->transfer_complete);
>>>> writel(CQSPI_REG_INDIRECTWR_START_MASK,
>>>> reg_base + CQSPI_REG_INDIRECTWR);
>>>> + /*
>>>> + * As per 66AK2G02 TRM SPRUHY8F section 11.15.5.3 Indirect Access
>>>> + * Controller programming sequence, couple of cycles of
>>>> + * QSPI_REF_CLK delay is required for the above bit to
>>>> + * be internally synchronized by the QSPI module. Provide 5
>>>> + * cycles of delay.
>>>> + */
>>>> + if (cqspi->wr_delay)
>>>> + ndelay(cqspi->wr_delay);
>>>>
>>>> while (remaining > 0) {
>>>> write_bytes = remaining > page_size ? page_size : remaining;
>>>> @@ -1156,6 +1169,7 @@ static int cqspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>> struct cqspi_st *cqspi;
>>>> struct resource *res;
>>>> struct resource *res_ahb;
>>>> + unsigned long data;
>>>> int ret;
>>>> int irq;
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1213,6 +1227,10 @@ static int cqspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> cqspi->master_ref_clk_hz = clk_get_rate(cqspi->clk);
>>>> + data = (unsigned long)of_device_get_match_data(dev);
>>>> + if (data & CQSPI_NEEDS_WR_DELAY)
>>>> + cqspi->wr_delay = 5 * DIV_ROUND_UP(NSEC_PER_SEC,
>>>> + cqspi->master_ref_clk_hz);
>>>>
>>>> ret = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, cqspi_irq_handler, 0,
>>>> pdev->name, cqspi);
>>>> @@ -1284,7 +1302,14 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops cqspi__dev_pm_ops = {
>>>> #endif
>>>>
>>>> static const struct of_device_id cqspi_dt_ids[] = {
>>>> - {.compatible = "cdns,qspi-nor",},
>>>> + {
>>>> + .compatible = "cdns,qspi-nor",
>>>> + .data = (void *)0,
>>>> + },
>>>> + {
>>>> + .compatible = "ti,k2g-qspi",
>>>> + .data = (void *)CQSPI_NEEDS_WR_DELAY,
>>>> + },
>>>> { /* end of table */ }
>>>> };
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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