Re: [PATCH] [MTD] [NAND] Add prefetch and dma support for omap2/3 NAND driver

[Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>]

* Singh, Vimal <IMCEAEX-_O=TI_OU=BD_CN=RECIPIENTS_CN=X0094262@dlee86.itg.ti.com> [090602 23:46]:
> 
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> wrote:
> > * vimal singh <vimalsingh@ti.com> [090602 05:40]:
> >> This patch adds prefetch support to access nand flash in both mpu and dma mode.
> >> This patch also adds 8-bit nand support (omap_read/write_buf8).
> >> Prefetch can be used for both 8- and 16-bit devices.
> >
> > This should be reviewed on the linux-omap@vger.kernel.org list for sure.
> > One other comment below.
> >
> >> Signed-off-by: Vimal Singh <vimalsingh@ti.com>
> >> ---
> >> I prepared this patch on top of "OMAP2 / OMAP3 NAND driver" patch:
> >> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2009-May/025562.html
> >>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c             |  102 ++++++++++
> >>  arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/gpmc.h |    4
> >>  drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig               |   17 +
> >>  drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c               |  308 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>  4 files changed, 422 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> Index: mtd-2.6/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
> >> ===================================================================
> >> --- mtd-2.6.orig/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
> >> +++ mtd-2.6/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
> >> @@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
> >>  #define GPMC_CHUNK_SHIFT     24              /* 16 MB */
> >>  #define GPMC_SECTION_SHIFT   28              /* 128 MB */
> >>
> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_NAND_OMAP_PREFETCH
> >> +#define CS_NUM_SHIFT         24
> >> +#define ENABLE_PREFETCH              7
> >> +#define DMA_MPU_MODE         2
> >> +#endif
> >> +
> >>  static struct resource       gpmc_mem_root;
> >>  static struct resource       gpmc_cs_mem[GPMC_CS_NUM];
> >>  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(gpmc_mem_lock);
> >> @@ -383,6 +389,99 @@ void gpmc_cs_free(int cs)
> >>  }
> >>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(gpmc_cs_free);
> >>
> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_NAND_OMAP_PREFETCH
> >> +/**
> >> + * gpmc_prefetch_init - configures default configuration for prefetch engine
> >> + */
> >> +static void gpmc_prefetch_init(void)
> >> +{
> >> +     /* Setting the default threshold to 64 */
> >> +     gpmc_write_reg(GPMC_PREFETCH_CONTROL, 0x0);
> >> +     gpmc_write_reg(GPMC_PREFETCH_CONFIG1, 0x40  << 8);
> >> +     gpmc_write_reg(GPMC_PREFETCH_CONFIG2, 0x0);
> >> +}
> >
> > Why would you want to have NAND specific init code int gpmc.c?
> >
> > The purpose if gpmc.c is to provide access to configuring the
> > General Purpose Memory Controller (GPMC). You should just provide
> > functions in gpmc.c for the platform init code to use, and then
> > the drivers can stay platform independent.
> 
> In my understanding, this 'prefetch' engine is part of GPMC itself, it is a
> kind of feature provided by GPMC which can be utilized by NAND driver.
> So, to me, it makes sens to get initialized prefetch by GPMC itself so that 
> NAND driver can use it.

But it should not have a dependency to NAND. 
 
> Another reason was that all read / write to GPMC register are done by 
> functions 'gpmc_read_reg' / 'gpmc_write_reg', which have been made
> 'static' in nature.

That's why you need to provide a generic function in gpmc.c to enable
prefetch that the platform code for any driver can use.

Tony