Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] mtd: rawnand: meson: fix command sequence for read/write

[Arseniy Krasnov]

On 30.05.2023 16:05, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Arseniy,
> 
> avkrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on Tue, 30 May 2023 14:19:08 +0300:
> 
>> On 26.05.2023 20:22, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>>> Hi Arseniy,
>>>
>>> avkrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on Wed, 24 May 2023 12:05:47 +0300:
>>>   
>>>> On 23.05.2023 12:12, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:  
>>>>> Hello Miquel, Liang
>>>>>
>>>>> On 22.05.2023 18:05, Miquel Raynal wrote:    
>>>>>> Hi Arseniy,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> AVKrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on Mon, 15 May 2023 12:44:35 +0300:
>>>>>>    
>>>>>>> This fixes read/write functionality by:
>>>>>>> 1) Changing NFC_CMD_RB_INT bit value.    
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess this is a separate fix
>>>>>>    
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, I'll move it to separate patch
>>>>>     
>>>>>>> 2) Adding extra NAND_CMD_STATUS command on each r/w request.    
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is this really needed? Looks like you're delaying the next op only. Is
>>>>>> using a delay enough? If yes, then it's probably the wrong approach.    
>>>>
>>>> Hi Miquel, small update, I found some details from @Liang's message in v1 talks from the last month:
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>> After sending NAND_CMD_READ0, address, NAND_CMD_READSTART and read status(NAND_CMD_STATUS = 0x70) commands, it should send
>>>> NAND_CMD_READ0 command for exiting the read status mode from the datasheet from NAND device.  
>>>
>>> That is true.
>>>   
>>>> but previous meson_nfc_queue_rb()
>>>> only checks the Ready/Busy pin and it doesn't send read status(NAND_CMD_STATUS = 0x70) command.
>>>> i think there is something wrong with the Ready/Busy pin(please check the hardware whether this
>>>> Ready/Busy pin is connected with SOC) or the source code. i have the board without Ready/Busy pin and prefer to use the
>>>> nfc command called RB_IO6. it sends NAND_CMD_STATUS command and checks bit6 of the status register of NAND device from the
>>>> data bus and generate IRQ if ready.
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>> I guess, that sequence of commands from this patch is described in datasheet (unfortunately I don't have it and relied on the old driver).
>>>> Yesterday I tried to remove sending of NAND_CMD_STATUS from this patch, but it broke current driver - i had ECC errors, so it looks like
>>>> "shot in the dark" situation, to understand this logic.  
>>>
>>> When an operation on the NAND array happens (eg. read, prog, erase),
>>> you need to wait "some time" before accessing the internal sram or even
>>> the chip which is "busy" until it gets "ready" again. You can probe the
>>> ready/busy pin (that's the hardware way, fast and reliable) or you can
>>> poll a status with NAND_CMD_STATUS. The chips are designed so they can
>>> actually process that command while they are doing time consuming tasks
>>> to update the host. But IIRC every byte read will return the status
>>> until you send READ0 again, which means "I'm done with the status
>>> read" somehow.
>>>
>>> Please see nand_soft_waitrdy() in order to understand how this is
>>> supposed to work. You can even use that helper (which is exported)
>>> instead of open-coding it in your driver. See atmel or sunxi
>>> implementations for instance.
>>>
>>> As using the native RB pin is better, you would need to identify
>>> whether you have one or not at probe time and then either poll the
>>> relevant bit of your controller if there is one, or fallback to the
>>> soft read (which should fallback on exec_op in the end).  
>>
>> Thanks for this information! I'll use 'nand_soft_waitrdy()' at least, because i guess that
>> there is no RB pin on my device.
> 
> Currently there is only support for the physical pin IIRC. This means
> you cannot just drop it. You need to support both.

Yes, i'm not going to drop RB pin support, but as I don't have device to test it(i guess), i'll add
'nand_sort_waitrdy()' anyway.

Thanks, Arseniy

> 
> Thanks,
> Miquèl

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