Re: [PATCH 1/3] eeprom: at25: Add DT support for EEPROMs with odd address bits

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Rob,

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:17 PM, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 10:17:47AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> <geert+renesas@glider.be> wrote:
>> > Certain EEPROMS have a size that is larger than the number of address
>> > bytes would allow, and store the MSB of the address in bit 3 of the
>> > instruction byte.
>> >
>> > This can be described in platform data using EE_INSTR_BIT3_IS_ADDR, or
>> > in DT using the obsolete legacy "at25,addr-mode" property.
>> > But currently there exists no non-deprecated way to describe this in DT.
>> >
>> > Hence extend the existing "address-width" DT property to allow
>> > specifying 9, 17, or 25 address bits, and enable support for that in the
>> > driver.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
>> > ---
>> > EEPROMs using 9 address bits are common (e.g. M95040, 25AA040/25LC040).
>> > Do EEPROMs using 17 or 25 address bits, as mentioned in
>> > include/linux/spi/eeprom.h, really exist?
>> > Or should we just limit it to a single odd value (9 bits)?
>>
>> At least for the real Atmel parts, only the AT25040 part uses odd (8 +
>> 1 bit) addressing.
>
> Seems like we should have a specific compatible for it.

Possibly. But currently all configuration is done through DT properties, not
through matching on compatible values.

>> AT25M01 uses 3-byte addressing (it needs 17 bits).
>
> Do you need to know it is 17-bit vs. 24-bits? I'm guessing not as the
> unused bits are probably don't care.

The 17 bits can be derived from the EEPROM size in bytes (1 Mb = 128 KiB).
What is important to know is how to pass addresses to the device:
  1. 3 address bytes, OR
  2. 2 address bytes, and the odd MSB bit in the command byte.

But apparently the second scheme is not used for 17-bit addressing.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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