Re: [FOR 3.4 PATCH 5/6] atmel/nand: add DT support

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>]

On 10:31 Sun 29 Jan     , Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
> <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> wrote:
> > use a local copy of board informatin and fill with DT data
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
> > Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>
> > Cc: devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org
> > Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
> > ---
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-nand.txt         |   41 ++++++++
> >  drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c                      |  107 ++++++++++++++++----
> >  2 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-nand.txt
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-nand.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..a910ab9
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-nand.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> > +Atmel NAND flash
> > +
> > +Required properties:
> > +- compatible : "atmel,at91rm9200-nand".
> > +- reg : should specify localbus address and size used for the chip,
> > +       and if availlable the ECC.
> > +- atmel,nand-addr-offset : offset for the address latch.
> > +- atmel,nand-cmd-offset : offset for the command latch.
> > +- #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the device has sub-nodes
> > +  representing partitions.
> > +
> > +- gpios : specifies the gpio pins to control the NAND device. detect is an
> > +  optional gpio and may be set to 0 if not present.
> 
> What does this mean please? What is 'detect' and what 'control' do the
> gpios provide?
> 
> Below you have two GPIOs pioC 13 and pioC 14. I think the binding
> should document the two GPIOs, the order, and what they are for.
no as it's said in the binding the detect pin is optional
> 
> > +
> > +Optional properties:
> > +- nand-ecc-mode : String, operation mode of the NAND ecc mode, soft by default.
> > +  Supported values are: "none", "soft", "hw", "hw_syndrome", "hw_oob_first",
> > +  "soft_bch".
> > +- nand-bus-width : 8 or 16 bus width if not present 8
> > +- nand-on-flash-bbt: boolean to enable on flash bbt option if not present false
> > +
> > +Examples:
> > +nand0: nand@40000000,0 {
> > +       compatible = "atmel,at91rm9200-nand";
> > +       #address-cells = <1>;
> > +       #size-cells = <1>;
> > +       reg = <0x40000000 0x10000000
> > +              0xffffe800 0x200
> > +             >;
> > +       atmel,nand-addr-offset = <21>;
> > +       atmel,nand-cmd-offset = <22>;
> > +       nand-on-flash-bbt = <1>;
> > +       nand-ecc-mode = "soft";
> > +       gpios = <&pioC 13 0
> > +                &pioC 14 0
> > +                0
> 
> Sorry, I haven't seen this before, perhaps it is a standard thing in
> Linux. Does 0 mean end of list? Can we not just use the property's
> size value for this?
0 means not used as specified in the DT

Best Regards,
J.