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From: Huang Shijie <b32955@freescale.com>
To: dwmw2@infradead.org
Cc: computersforpeace@gmail.com, angus.clark@st.com,
	lee.jones@linaro.org, pekon@ti.com, sourav.poddar@ti.com,
	broonie@linaro.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, b44548@freescale.com,
	b18965@freescale.com, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	shawn.guo@linaro.org, Huang Shijie <b32955@freescale.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 4/8] Documentation: add the document for the SPI NOR framework
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:37:38 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1393238262-8622-5-git-send-email-b32955@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1393238262-8622-1-git-send-email-b32955@freescale.com>

This patch adds the document for the SPI NOR framework.

Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <b32955@freescale.com>
---
 Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt |   59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt b/Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9585f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+                          SPI NOR framework
+               ============================================
+
+Part I - why we need this framework?
+-------------------------------------
+
+The SPI bus controller only deals with the byte stream.
+Some controller does not works like a SPI bus controller, it works
+like a SPI NOR controller instead, such as the Freescale's QuadSPI controller.
+
+The Freescale's QuadSPI controller should knows the NOR commands to
+find the right LUT sequence. Unfortunately, the old code can not meet
+this requirement.
+
+Part II - How does the framework work?
+-------------------------------------
+
+This framework just adds a new layer between the MTD and the SPI bus driver.
+With this new layer, the SPI NOR controller driver does not depend on the
+m25p80 code anymore.
+
+   Before this framework, the layer is like:
+
+                   MTD
+         ------------------------
+                  m25p80
+         ------------------------
+	       SPI bus driver
+         ------------------------
+	        SPI NOR chip
+
+   After this framework, the layer is like:
+                   MTD
+         ------------------------
+              SPI NOR framework
+         ------------------------
+                  m25p80
+         ------------------------
+	       SPI bus driver
+         ------------------------
+	       SPI NOR chip
+
+  With the SPI NOR controller driver(Freescale QuadSPI), it looks like:
+                   MTD
+         ------------------------
+              SPI NOR framework
+         ------------------------
+                fsl-quadSPI
+         ------------------------
+	       SPI NOR chip
+
+Part III - How can the drivers use the framework
+-------------------------------------
+
+The main API is the spi_nor_scan(). Before you call the hook, you should
+initialize the necessary fields for spi_nor{}.
+Please see the drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c for detail.
+Please also reference to the fsl-quadspi.c when you want to write a new driver
+for a SPI NOR controller.
-- 
1.7.2.rc3



  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-02-24 10:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-24 10:37 [PATCH v5 0/8] mtd: spi-nor: add a new framework for SPI NOR Huang Shijie
2014-02-24 10:37 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] mtd: spi-nor: copy the SPI NOR commands to a new header file Huang Shijie
     [not found]   ` <1393238262-8622-2-git-send-email-b32955-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-04 22:13     ` Marek Vasut
2014-03-05  2:59       ` Huang Shijie
     [not found]         ` <5316932C.5040405-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-05  3:43           ` Marek Vasut
2014-03-05  5:45             ` Huang Shijie
2014-03-05  7:24               ` Gupta, Pekon
2014-03-05 13:36                 ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-09 17:40     ` Brian Norris
     [not found] ` <1393238262-8622-1-git-send-email-b32955-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-24 10:37   ` [PATCH v5 2/8] mtd: spi-nor: add the basic data structures Huang Shijie
2014-02-24 10:37   ` [PATCH v5 3/8] mtd: spi-nor: add the framework for SPI NOR Huang Shijie
2014-04-09 17:48     ` Brian Norris
2014-04-10  7:27       ` Huang Shijie
2014-02-24 10:37   ` [PATCH v5 5/8] mtd: m25p80: use the SPI nor framework Huang Shijie
2014-02-28  7:55     ` [PATCH v5 5/8 fix] " Huang Shijie
2014-04-09 21:37       ` Brian Norris
2014-04-10  7:25         ` Huang Shijie
2014-04-10 19:29           ` Brian Norris
2014-04-11  0:32             ` Huang Shijie
2014-04-11  7:04               ` Lee Jones
2014-02-24 10:37   ` [PATCH v5 6/8] mtd: spi-nor: add a helper to find the spi_device_id Huang Shijie
2014-02-24 10:37   ` [PATCH v5 7/8] Documentation: add the binding file for Freescale QuadSPI driver Huang Shijie
2014-03-12  8:13   ` [PATCH v5 0/8] mtd: spi-nor: add a new framework for SPI NOR Huang Shijie
     [not found]     ` <20140312081350.GC30808-Fb7DQEYuewWctlrPMvKcciBecyulp+rMXqFh9Ls21Oc@public.gmane.org>
2014-03-13  6:39       ` Brian Norris
2014-04-09  3:36         ` Brian Norris
2014-04-09  4:29           ` Huang Shijie
2014-04-09 17:47           ` Marek Vasut
2014-04-10  7:42           ` Lee Jones
2014-04-10 19:31             ` Brian Norris
2014-02-24 10:37 ` Huang Shijie [this message]
2014-02-24 15:17   ` [PATCH v5 4/8] Documentation: add the document for the SPI NOR framework Konstantin Tokarev
     [not found]     ` <203101393255036-NPKjhoV82L1xpj1cXAZ9Bg@public.gmane.org>
2014-02-25  2:23       ` Huang Shijie
2014-02-28  7:58   ` [PATCH v5 4/8 fix] " Huang Shijie
2014-02-24 10:37 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] mtd: spi-nor: Add Freescale QuadSPI driver Huang Shijie
2014-03-04 22:17 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] mtd: spi-nor: add a new framework for SPI NOR Marek Vasut

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