Re: [RFC PATCH 6/7] ARM: mtd: nand: davinci: add OF support for davinci nand controller

[Heiko Schocher <hs-ynQEQJNshbs@public.gmane.org>]

Hello Scott,

Scott Wood wrote:
> On 01/24/2012 01:23 AM, Heiko Schocher wrote:
>> Hello Scott,
>>
>> Scott Wood wrote:
>>> On 01/23/2012 02:56 AM, Heiko Schocher wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/davinci/nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/davinci/nand.txt
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..7e8d6db
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/davinci/nand.txt
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
>>>> +* Texas Instruments Davinci NAND
>>>> +
>>>> +This file provides information, what the device node for the
>>>> +davinci nand interface contain.
>>>> +
>>>> +Required properties:
>>>> +- compatible: "ti,davinci-nand";
>>>> +- reg : contain 2 offset/length values:
>>>> +        - offset and length for the access window
>>>> +        - offset and length for accessing the aemif control registers
>>>> +- id: id of the controller
>>> What does "id of the controller" mean, specfically?  From this I can't
>>> even tell if it's a number or a string, much less how to use it
>>> semantically.  If it's just a "match what's in the manual" thing,
>>> perhaps an alias would be better here.  Or, if it's a value with a
>>> specific meaning (e.g. that you need to program into a register) use a
>>> more specific name.
>> Ok, fix this. Id means here, which chipselect the controller uses.
>> Maybe it is better to rename it to "chipselect" ?
> 
> Yes, or better "ti,chipselect" or "ti,davinci-chipselect".

Ok. fixed this to "ti,davinci-chipselect"

>>>> +Recommended properties :
>>>> +- mask_ale: mask for ale
>>>> +- mask_cle: mask for cle
>>>> +- mask_chipsel: mask for chipselect
>>>> +- ecc_mode: ECC mode, see NAND_ECC_* defines
>>>> +- ecc_bits: used ECC bits
>>>> +- options: nand options, defined in
>>>> +           include/linux/mtd/nand.h, grep for NAND_NO_AUTOINCR
>>>> +- bbt_options: NAND_BBT_* defines
>>> Binding-specific properties should have a vendor prefix.  Dashes are
>>> preferred to underscores.
>> You think something like that:
>>
>> davinci-mask-ale
>> davinci-mask-cle
>> ...
> 
> "ti,davinci-mask-ale", etc.

Ok, fixed.

>>> Don't specify Linux internals by reference -- they could change and
>>> invalidate existing device trees and non-Linux code that accepts them
>>> (e.g. U-Boot).  If you want them to line up, copy the definition here,
>>> and if Linux changes, write glue code to convert.  It would probably be
>>> better to define specific properties for anything that must be specified
>>> here (neither deteted dynamically nor defined by compatible =
>>> "ti,davinci-nand").
>> Ok, I add the defines here, and add also a comment in the dts.
> 
> Which options actually need to come from the device tree?

I found the following used options:

ecc_mode:
NAND_ECC_NONE
NAND_ECC_SOFT
NAND_ECC_HW
NAND_ECC_HW_SYNDROME

bbt_options:
NAND_BBT_USE_FLASH

ecc_bits:
1
4

options:
NAND_BUSWIDTH_16

>>> Do all of these properties really belong here?  I can see providing some
>> I think so, because this values come from existing platform code
>> (grep for struct davinci_nand_pdata)
> 
> The standards are a bit stricter for the device tree, since it's a more
> stable interface across components -- at least that's how we've used it
> on a lot of powerpc targets.  I'm not sure if that's the intent here,
> but I have seen U-Boot patches for ARM hardware using them as well.

Ok, so, should I introduce instead properties for the above
needed parameters? (As this are not davinci specific parameters,
are there somewhere such definitions for them?)

>> Comment in arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/nand.h says for
>> mask_ale and mask_cle:
>>
>> /* NOTE:  boards don't need to use these address bits
>>  * for ALE/CLE unless they support booting from NAND.
>>  * They're used unless platform data overrides them.
>>  */
>>
>> It is used for addressing the ALE/CLE Signals through the address,
>> used on the arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm646x-evm.c and
>> arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-tnetv107x-evm.c board ... so I think,
>> this should be also be setupable through OF ...
> 
> OK, if it's board logic that does the decoding, and the compatible is
> not board-specific, they belong here.

Ok.

bye,
Heiko
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