Re: [PATCH 1/4] spi: spi-mem: Allow specifying the byte order in DTR mode

Pratyush Yadav
2022-03-02T10:03:39Z

Hi Tudor,

I'm reviewing the code here. I still have not thought through the
discussion about Kconfig option yet.

On 18/02/22 04:58PM, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
> There are NOR flashes (Macronix) that swap the bytes on a 16-bit boundary
> when configured in DTR mode. The byte order of 16-bit words is swapped

s/DTR mode/ Octal DTR mode/

I don't think this would apply to a 4D-4D-4D flash since it would only
transmit one byte per clock cycle.

> when read or written in Double Transfer Rate (DTR) mode compared to
> Single Transfer Rate (STR) mode. If one writes D0 D1 D2 D3 bytes using
> 1-1-1 mode, and uses 8D-8D-8D SPI mode for reading, it will read back
> D1 D0 D3 D2. Swapping the bytes is a bad design decision because this may
> introduce some endianness problems. It can affect the boot sequence if the
> entire boot sequence is not handled in either 8D-8D-8D mode or 1-1-1 mode.
> Fortunately there are controllers that can swap back the bytes at runtime,
> fixing the endiannesses. Provide a way for the upper layers to specify the
> byte order in DTR mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@microchip.com>
> ---
> include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h b/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
> index 85e2ff7b840d..e1878417420c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
> +++ b/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
> @@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ enum spi_mem_data_dir {
> * @dummy.dtr: whether the dummy bytes should be sent in DTR mode or not
> * @data.buswidth: number of IO lanes used to send/receive the data
> * @data.dtr: whether the data should be sent in DTR mode or not
> + * @data.dtr_bswap16: whether the byte order of 16-bit words is swapped when
> + * read or written in DTR mode compared to STR mode.
> * @data.dir: direction of the transfer
> * @data.nbytes: number of data bytes to send/receive. Can be zero if the
> * operation does not involve transferring data
> @@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ struct spi_mem_op {
> struct {
> u8 buswidth;
> u8 dtr : 1;
> + u8 dtr_bswap16 : 1;

You also need to add this capability to spi_controller_mem_caps and
update spi_mem_default_supports_op() to check for it.

> enum spi_mem_data_dir dir;
> unsigned int nbytes;
> union {
> --
> 2.25.1
>

--
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
Texas Instruments Inc.