Re: [PATCH v2 12/25] dt-bindings: qcom_nandc: QPIC NAND documentation

[Abhishek Sahu <absahu@codeaurora.org>]

On 2017-08-04 18:15, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 21:35:57 +0530
> Abhishek Sahu <absahu@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 2017-07-26 00:13, Abhishek Sahu wrote:
>> > On 2017-07-25 00:47, Rob Herring wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 05:18:00PM +0530, Abhishek Sahu wrote:
>> >>> 1. QPIC NAND will use compatible string "qcom,qpic-nandc-v1.4.0"
>> >>> 2. QPIC NAND will 3 BAM channels: command, data tx and data rx
>> >>>    while EBI2 NAND uses only single ADM channel.
>> >>> 3. CRCI is only required for ADM DMA and its not required for
>> >>>    QPIC NAND.
>> >>>
>> >>> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sahu <absahu@codeaurora.org>
>> >>> ---
>> >>>  .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom_nandc.txt         | 54
>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++--
>> >>>  1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> >>>
>> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom_nandc.txt
>> >>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom_nandc.txt
>> >>> index b24adfe..8efaeb0 100644
>> >>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom_nandc.txt
>> >>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom_nandc.txt
>> >>> @@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
>> >>>  * Qualcomm NAND controller
>> >>>
>> >>>  Required properties:
>> >>> -- compatible:		should be "qcom,ebi2-nandc" - EBI2 NAND which uses
>> >>> ADM
>> >>> -			DMA like IPQ8064.
>> >>> -
>> >>> +- compatible:		must be one of the following:
>> >>> +	* "qcom,ebi2-nandc" - EBI2 NAND which uses ADM DMA like IPQ8064.
>> >>> +	* "qcom,qpic-nandc-v1.4.0" - QPIC NAND v1.4.0 which uses BAM DMA
>> >>> like IPQ4019.
>> >>
>> >> Looks like you have 2 SoCs and 2 versions of h/w. Use SoC specific
>> >> compatible strings.
>> >
>> >  We have 3 versions of NAND HW currently.
>> >  EBI2,
>> >  QPIC version 1.4.0
>> >  QPIC version 1.5.0
>> >
>> >  and multiple Qualcomm SoCs which use any one of these.
>> >
>> >  The original plan was to have compatible string for NAND version since
>> >  same NAND hardware is being in different SoC and SoC dtsi will simply
>> >  use its NAND version compatible string like other Qualcomm hardwares
>> >
>> >
>> > http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/latest/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/qcom_bam_dma.txt
>> >
>> > http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/latest/source/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/qcom,spi-qup.txt
>> >
>> 
>>   Following are the partial list for NAND controller and supported
>>   SoC
>> 
>>    EBI2:          IPQ8064, APQ8064, MSM7xx, MDM9x15
>>    QPIC v1.4.0    MDM9x25, MDM9x35, MDM9x45, IPQ4019
>>    QPIC v1.5.0    MDM9x55, IPQ8074
>> 
>>   so could we use NAND controller specific compatible strings instead 
>> of
>> SoC
>>   since it will easy to maintain?
> 
> Nope, though you can re-use the compatible of an old SoC for new SoCs
> if the IP did not change.
> 
> For example:
> 
> - EBI2: compatible = "qcom,ipq8064"
> - QPIC 1.4: compatible = "qcom,mdm9x25"
> - QPIC 1.5: compatible = "qcom,mdm9x55"
> 
> Note that we usually pick the oldest SoC that started embedding an IP
> when choosing the compatible. So my suggestion assumes IPQ8064 is older
> than APQ8064, MSM7xx and MDM9x15.

  Thanks Boris for detailed clarification.
  Then I will change the patch to use SoC specific compatible string.

  Its better to use qcom,ipq4019 for 1.4.0 and qcom,ipq8074 for 1.5.0
  since we don't have other SoC in upstream and I have tested the
  NAND driver on these IPQ SoC's.