Re: [PATCH 5/6] mtd: spi-nor: add generic flash driver

[Takahiro Kuwano]

On 5/13/2022 10:35 PM, Michael Walle wrote:
> Our SFDP is parsing is everything we need to support all basic
redundant "is"?

> operations of a flash device. If the flash isn't found in our in-kernel
> flash database, gracefully fall back to a driver described solely by its
> SFDP tables.
> 
> It is still recommended to add the flash to the in-kernel database.
> First, we get a proper partname and secondly, for all features not
> described by the SFDP like OTP we need the entry anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h |  1 +
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> index 65cd8e668579..ee193a61310a 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> @@ -1632,6 +1632,11 @@ static const struct spi_nor_manufacturer *manufacturers[] = {
>  	&spi_nor_xmc,
>  };
>  
> +static const struct flash_info spi_nor_generic_flash = {
> +	.name = "spi-nor-generic",
> +	.parse_sfdp = true,
> +};
> +
>  static const struct flash_info *spi_nor_match_id(struct spi_nor *nor,
>  						 const u8 *id)
>  {
> @@ -1670,6 +1675,14 @@ static const struct flash_info *spi_nor_detect(struct spi_nor *nor)
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  
>  	info = spi_nor_match_id(nor, id);
> +
> +	/* Fallback to a generic flash described only by its SFDP data. */
> +	if (!info) {
> +		ret = spi_nor_check_sfdp_signature(nor);
> +		if (!ret)
> +			info = &spi_nor_generic_flash;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (!info) {
>  		dev_err(nor->dev, "unrecognized JEDEC id bytes: %*ph\n",
>  			SPI_NOR_MAX_ID_LEN, id);
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
> index 3a19b8092ab8..aa9f218245a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
> @@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ int spi_nor_controller_ops_read_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 opcode,
>  int spi_nor_controller_ops_write_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 opcode,
>  				     const u8 *buf, size_t len);
>  
> +int spi_nor_check_sfdp_signature(struct spi_nor *nor);
>  int spi_nor_parse_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor);
>  
>  static inline struct spi_nor *mtd_to_spi_nor(struct mtd_info *mtd)
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> index a5211543d30d..9bdb3d5dc7e8 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> @@ -1247,6 +1247,33 @@ static void spi_nor_post_sfdp_fixups(struct spi_nor *nor)
>  		nor->info->fixups->post_sfdp(nor);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * spi_nor_check_sfdp_header() - check for a valid SFDP header
> + * @nor:		pointer to a 'struct spi_nor'
> + *
> + * Used to detect if the flash supports the RDSFDP command as well as the
> + * presence of a valid SFDP table.
> + *
> + * Return: 0 on success, -errno otherwise.
> + */
> +int spi_nor_check_sfdp_signature(struct spi_nor *nor)
> +{
> +	u32 signature;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	/* Get the SFDP header. */
> +	err = spi_nor_read_sfdp_dma_unsafe(nor, 0, sizeof(signature),
> +					   &signature);
> +	if (err < 0)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	/* Check the SFDP signature. */
> +	if (le32_to_cpu(signature) != SFDP_SIGNATURE)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +

Nice to use this function from spi_nor_parse_sfdp() as well, but I found it's
not straightforward...

Reviewed-by: Takahiro Kuwano <Takahiro.Kuwano@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Takahiro