Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mtd: rawnand: Add NAND controller support on Intel LGM SoC

From: Boris Brezillon
Date: Mon Apr 27 2020 - 14:30:08 EST


On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:38:46 +0200
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Boris,
>
> Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Sat, 18 Apr
> 2020 10:55:33 +0200:
>
> > On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 16:21:47 +0800
> > "Ramuthevar,Vadivel MuruganX"
> > <vadivel.muruganx.ramuthevar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Ramuthevar Vadivel Murugan <vadivel.muruganx.ramuthevar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > This patch adds the new IP of Nand Flash Controller(NFC) support
> > > on Intel's Lightning Mountain(LGM) SoC.
> > >
> > > DMA is used for burst data transfer operation, also DMA HW supports
> > > aligned 32bit memory address and aligned data access by default.
> > > DMA burst of 8 supported. Data register used to support the read/write
> > > operation from/to device.
> > >
> > > NAND controller driver implements ->exec_op() to replace legacy hooks,
> > > these specific call-back method to execute NAND operations.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ramuthevar Vadivel Murugan <vadivel.muruganx.ramuthevar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/mtd/nand/raw/Kconfig | 7 +
> > > drivers/mtd/nand/raw/Makefile | 1 +
> > > drivers/mtd/nand/raw/intel_lgm_nand.c | 740 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > I wonder if we shouldn't name the driver infineon-nand-controller.c
> > since the original design comes from Infineon IIUC. intel_lgm_nand.c is
> > definitely misleading, as we also have a nand_intel.c file which is for
> > Intel NAND chips (not NAND controllers). If we keep intel in the name,
> > let's at least add a "-controller" suffix to make it clear.
> >
> > Side note for Miquel: I guess we would also benefit from having a clear
> > core vs controller-drivers split as recently done for spi-nor (a
> > controller subdir has been created).
>
> I would even like a core vs controller drivers vs nand chips drivers.
>
> Macronix for instance has a NAND controller driver and a NAND chip
> driver, that's why, even if it is a bit long, I enforce the -nfc or
> -nand-controller (my favorite) suffix now.

Maybe we can make it happen. I mean, moving drivers to a sub-dir is
pretty easy ;).