Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] spi: add dual parallel & stacked mode support in Zynq MPSoC GQSPI controller

From: Mark Brown
Date: Mon Jul 13 2015 - 10:59:50 EST


On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:28:59AM +0200, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> ïOn 09-07-15 14:44, Ranjit Waghmode wrote:

> >ZynqMP GQSPI controller supports stacked mode with following functionalities:
> >1) The Generic Quad-SPI controller also supports two SPI flash memories
> > in a shared bus arrangement to reduce IO pin count.
> >2) Separate chip select lines
> >3) Shared I/O lines
> >4) This mode is targeted for increasing the flash memory and no performance
> > improvement when compared with single.

> One could also model the stacked mode as having two distinct flash chips
> with separate chip selects and shared lines.

Well, quite. I'm confused about how the above differs from a just a SPI
controller with two chip selects which is perfectly standard.

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