Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/5] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: Add support for polling status register

From: Sergei Shtylyov
Date: Sun Mar 24 2019 - 12:23:30 EST


Hello!

On 03/21/2019 08:45 PM, Vignesh Raghavendra wrote:

> HyperFlash devices are compliant with CFI AMD/Fujitsu Extended Command
> Set(0x0002) for flash operations, therefore drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
> can be use as is. But these devices do not support DQ polling method of
> determining chip ready/good status. These flashes provide Status
> Register whose bits can be polled to know status of flash operation.
>
> Cypress HyperFlash datasheet here[1], talks about CFI Amd/Fujitsu
> Extended Query version 1.5. Bit 0 of "Software Features supported" field
> of CFI Primary Vendor-Specific Extended Query table indicates
> presence/absence of status register and Bit 1 indicates whether or not
> DQ polling is supported. Using these bits, its possible to determine
> whether flash supports DQ polling or need to use Status Register.

We need?

> Add support for polling status register to know device ready/status of
> erase/write operations when DQ polling is not supported.
>
> [1] https://www.cypress.com/file/213346/download
>
> Signed-off-by: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/mtd/cfi.h | 5 +++
> 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
> index 72428b6bfc47..29987d8e6c6e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
[...]
> diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h b/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h
> index cbf77168658c..92ac82ac2329 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h
> @@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ struct cfi_pri_amdstd {
> uint8_t VppMin;
> uint8_t VppMax;
> uint8_t TopBottom;
> + /* Below field are added from version 1.5 */

The below fields are.

> + uint8_t ProgramSuspend;
> + uint8_t UnlockBypass;
> + uint8_t SecureSiliconSector;
> + uint8_t SoftwareFeatures;
> } __packed;
>
> /* Vendor-Specific PRI for Atmel chips (command set 0x0002) */
>

MBR, Sergei