linux-spi.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Grant Likely <grant.likely-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org>
To: John Crispin <blogic-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf-6z/3iImG2C8G8FEW9MqTrA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-mips-6z/3iImG2C8G8FEW9MqTrA@public.gmane.org,
	John Crispin <blogic-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>,
	Thomas Langer
	<thomas.langer-th3ZBGNqt+7QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	spi-devel-general-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] SPI: MIPS: lantiq: add FALC-ON spi driver
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:37:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120309223737.27B403E0896@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1323440223-10636-1-git-send-email-blogic-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>

On Fri,  9 Dec 2011 15:17:02 +0100, John Crispin <blogic-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> The external bus unit (EBU) found on the FALC-ON SoC has spi emulation that is
> designed for serial flash access. This driver has only been tested with m25p80
> type chips. The hardware has no support for other types of spi peripherals.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Langer <thomas.langer-th3ZBGNqt+7QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: John Crispin <blogic-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: spi-devel-general-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> 
> ---
> These 2 patches should go upstream via the MIPS tree

Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely-s3s/WqlpOiPyB63q8FvJNQ@public.gmane.org>
(If I haven't already acked this one)

> 
> Changes in V2
> * remove several superflous calls to dev_dbg
> * make use of module_platform_driver
> * remove falcon_spi_cleanup as it was an empty function
> * return real error codes instead of -1
> * fixes operator spacing errors
> * split arch and driver specific patches
> * squash some lines to make use of the full 80 available chars
> * Kconfig is now alphabetic again
> * replace BUG() with WARN_ON()
> 
>  drivers/spi/Kconfig      |    9 +
>  drivers/spi/Makefile     |    1 +
>  drivers/spi/spi-falcon.c |  445 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 455 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/spi/spi-falcon.c
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
> index a1fd73d..e5ce95d 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
> @@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ config SPI_EP93XX
>  	  This enables using the Cirrus EP93xx SPI controller in master
>  	  mode.
>  
> +config SPI_FALCON
> +	tristate "Falcon SPI controller support"
> +	depends on SOC_FALCON
> +	help
> +	  The external bus unit (EBU) found on the FALC-ON SoC has SPI
> +	  emulation that is designed for serial flash access. This driver
> +	  has only been tested with m25p80 type chips. The hardware has no
> +	  support for other types of spi peripherals.
> +
>  config SPI_GPIO
>  	tristate "GPIO-based bitbanging SPI Master"
>  	depends on GENERIC_GPIO
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/Makefile b/drivers/spi/Makefile
> index 61c3261..570894c 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/spi/Makefile
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_DW_MMIO)		+= spi-dw-mmio.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_DW_PCI)		+= spi-dw-midpci.o
>  spi-dw-midpci-objs			:= spi-dw-pci.o spi-dw-mid.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_EP93XX)		+= spi-ep93xx.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_FALCON)		+= spi-falcon.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_FSL_LIB)		+= spi-fsl-lib.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_FSL_ESPI)		+= spi-fsl-espi.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_FSL_SPI)		+= spi-fsl-spi.o
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-falcon.c b/drivers/spi/spi-falcon.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..7aa044d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-falcon.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,445 @@
> +/*
> + *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> + *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
> + *  by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + *  Copyright (C) 2010 Thomas Langer <thomas.langer-th3ZBGNqt+7QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
> +#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
> +#include <linux/delay.h>
> +#include <linux/workqueue.h>
> +
> +#include <lantiq_soc.h>
> +
> +#define DRV_NAME			"falcon_spi"
> +
> +#define FALCON_SPI_XFER_BEGIN		(1 << 0)
> +#define FALCON_SPI_XFER_END		(1 << 1)
> +
> +/* Bus Read Configuration Register0 */
> +#define LTQ_BUSRCON0	0x00000010
> +/* Bus Write Configuration Register0 */
> +#define LTQ_BUSWCON0	0x00000018
> +/* Serial Flash Configuration Register */
> +#define LTQ_SFCON	0x00000080
> +/* Serial Flash Time Register */
> +#define LTQ_SFTIME	0x00000084
> +/* Serial Flash Status Register */
> +#define LTQ_SFSTAT	0x00000088
> +/* Serial Flash Command Register */
> +#define LTQ_SFCMD	0x0000008C
> +/* Serial Flash Address Register */
> +#define LTQ_SFADDR	0x00000090
> +/* Serial Flash Data Register */
> +#define LTQ_SFDATA	0x00000094
> +/* Serial Flash I/O Control Register */
> +#define LTQ_SFIO	0x00000098
> +/* EBU Clock Control Register */
> +#define LTQ_EBUCC	0x000000C4
> +
> +/* Dummy Phase Length */
> +#define SFCMD_DUMLEN_OFFSET	16
> +#define SFCMD_DUMLEN_MASK	0x000F0000
> +/* Chip Select */
> +#define SFCMD_CS_OFFSET		24
> +#define SFCMD_CS_MASK		0x07000000
> +/* field offset */
> +#define SFCMD_ALEN_OFFSET	20
> +#define SFCMD_ALEN_MASK		0x00700000
> +/* SCK Rise-edge Position */
> +#define SFTIME_SCKR_POS_OFFSET	8
> +#define SFTIME_SCKR_POS_MASK	0x00000F00
> +/* SCK Period */
> +#define SFTIME_SCK_PER_OFFSET	0
> +#define SFTIME_SCK_PER_MASK	0x0000000F
> +/* SCK Fall-edge Position */
> +#define SFTIME_SCKF_POS_OFFSET	12
> +#define SFTIME_SCKF_POS_MASK	0x0000F000
> +/* Device Size */
> +#define SFCON_DEV_SIZE_A23_0	0x03000000
> +#define SFCON_DEV_SIZE_MASK	0x0F000000
> +/* Read Data Position */
> +#define SFTIME_RD_POS_MASK	0x000F0000
> +/* Data Output */
> +#define SFIO_UNUSED_WD_MASK	0x0000000F
> +/* Command Opcode mask */
> +#define SFCMD_OPC_MASK		0x000000FF
> +/* dlen bytes of data to write */
> +#define SFCMD_DIR_WRITE		0x00000100
> +/* Data Length offset */
> +#define SFCMD_DLEN_OFFSET	9
> +/* Command Error */
> +#define SFSTAT_CMD_ERR		0x20000000
> +/* Access Command Pending */
> +#define SFSTAT_CMD_PEND		0x00400000
> +/* Frequency set to 100MHz. */
> +#define EBUCC_EBUDIV_SELF100	0x00000001
> +/* Serial Flash */
> +#define BUSRCON0_AGEN_SERIAL_FLASH	0xF0000000
> +/* 8-bit multiplexed */
> +#define BUSRCON0_PORTW_8_BIT_MUX	0x00000000
> +/* Serial Flash */
> +#define BUSWCON0_AGEN_SERIAL_FLASH	0xF0000000
> +/* Chip Select after opcode */
> +#define SFCMD_KEEP_CS_KEEP_SELECTED	0x00008000
> +
> +struct falcon_spi {
> +	u32 sfcmd; /* for caching of opcode, direction, ... */
> +	struct spi_master *master;
> +};
> +
> +int
> +falcon_spi_xfer(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *t,
> +		unsigned long flags)
> +{
> +	struct device *dev = &spi->dev;
> +	struct falcon_spi *priv = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
> +	const u8 *txp = t->tx_buf;
> +	u8 *rxp = t->rx_buf;
> +	unsigned int bytelen = ((8 * t->len + 7) / 8);
> +	unsigned int len, alen, dumlen;
> +	u32 val;
> +	enum {
> +		state_init,
> +		state_command_prepare,
> +		state_write,
> +		state_read,
> +		state_disable_cs,
> +		state_end
> +	} state = state_init;
> +
> +	do {
> +		switch (state) {
> +		case state_init: /* detect phase of upper layer sequence */
> +		{
> +			/* initial write ? */
> +			if (flags & FALCON_SPI_XFER_BEGIN) {
> +				if (!txp) {
> +					dev_err(dev,
> +						"BEGIN without tx data!\n");
> +					return -ENODATA;
> +				}
> +				/*
> +				 * Prepare the parts of the sfcmd register,
> +				 * which should not change during a sequence!
> +				 * Only exception are the length fields,
> +				 * especially alen and dumlen.
> +				 */
> +
> +				priv->sfcmd = ((spi->chip_select
> +						<< SFCMD_CS_OFFSET)
> +					       & SFCMD_CS_MASK);
> +				priv->sfcmd |= SFCMD_KEEP_CS_KEEP_SELECTED;
> +				priv->sfcmd |= *txp;
> +				txp++;
> +				bytelen--;
> +				if (bytelen) {
> +					/*
> +					 * more data:
> +					 * maybe address and/or dummy
> +					 */
> +					state = state_command_prepare;
> +					break;
> +				} else {
> +					dev_dbg(dev, "write cmd %02X\n",
> +						priv->sfcmd & SFCMD_OPC_MASK);
> +				}
> +			}
> +			/* continued write ? */
> +			if (txp && bytelen) {
> +				state = state_write;
> +				break;
> +			}
> +			/* read data? */
> +			if (rxp && bytelen) {
> +				state = state_read;
> +				break;
> +			}
> +			/* end of sequence? */
> +			if (flags & FALCON_SPI_XFER_END)
> +				state = state_disable_cs;
> +			else
> +				state = state_end;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +		/* collect tx data for address and dummy phase */
> +		case state_command_prepare:
> +		{
> +			/* txp is valid, already checked */
> +			val = 0;
> +			alen = 0;
> +			dumlen = 0;
> +			while (bytelen > 0) {
> +				if (alen < 3) {
> +					val = (val << 8) | (*txp++);
> +					alen++;
> +				} else if ((dumlen < 15) && (*txp == 0)) {
> +					/*
> +					 * assume dummy bytes are set to 0
> +					 * from upper layer
> +					 */
> +					dumlen++;
> +					txp++;
> +				} else
> +					break;
> +				bytelen--;
> +			}
> +			priv->sfcmd &= ~(SFCMD_ALEN_MASK | SFCMD_DUMLEN_MASK);
> +			priv->sfcmd |= (alen << SFCMD_ALEN_OFFSET) |
> +					 (dumlen << SFCMD_DUMLEN_OFFSET);
> +			if (alen > 0)
> +				ltq_ebu_w32(val, LTQ_SFADDR);
> +
> +			dev_dbg(dev, "write cmd %02X, alen=%d "
> +				"(addr=%06X) dumlen=%d\n",
> +				priv->sfcmd & SFCMD_OPC_MASK,
> +				alen, val, dumlen);
> +
> +			if (bytelen > 0) {
> +				/* continue with write */
> +				state = state_write;
> +			} else if (flags & FALCON_SPI_XFER_END) {
> +				/* end of sequence? */
> +				state = state_disable_cs;
> +			} else {
> +				/*
> +				 * go to end and expect another
> +				 * call (read or write)
> +				 */
> +				state = state_end;
> +			}
> +			break;
> +		}
> +		case state_write:
> +		{
> +			/* txp still valid */
> +			priv->sfcmd |= SFCMD_DIR_WRITE;
> +			len = 0;
> +			val = 0;
> +			do {
> +				if (bytelen--)
> +					val |= (*txp++) << (8 * len++);
> +				if ((flags & FALCON_SPI_XFER_END)
> +				    && (bytelen == 0)) {
> +					priv->sfcmd &=
> +						~SFCMD_KEEP_CS_KEEP_SELECTED;
> +				}
> +				if ((len == 4) || (bytelen == 0)) {
> +					ltq_ebu_w32(val, LTQ_SFDATA);
> +					ltq_ebu_w32(priv->sfcmd
> +						| (len<<SFCMD_DLEN_OFFSET),
> +						LTQ_SFCMD);
> +					len = 0;
> +					val = 0;
> +					priv->sfcmd &= ~(SFCMD_ALEN_MASK
> +							 | SFCMD_DUMLEN_MASK);
> +				}
> +			} while (bytelen);
> +			state = state_end;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +		case state_read:
> +		{
> +			/* read data */
> +			priv->sfcmd &= ~SFCMD_DIR_WRITE;
> +			do {
> +				if ((flags & FALCON_SPI_XFER_END)
> +				    && (bytelen <= 4)) {
> +					priv->sfcmd &=
> +						~SFCMD_KEEP_CS_KEEP_SELECTED;
> +				}
> +				len = (bytelen > 4) ? 4 : bytelen;
> +				bytelen -= len;
> +				ltq_ebu_w32(priv->sfcmd
> +					|(len<<SFCMD_DLEN_OFFSET), LTQ_SFCMD);
> +				priv->sfcmd &= ~(SFCMD_ALEN_MASK
> +						 | SFCMD_DUMLEN_MASK);
> +				do {
> +					val = ltq_ebu_r32(LTQ_SFSTAT);
> +					if (val & SFSTAT_CMD_ERR) {
> +						/* reset error status */
> +						dev_err(dev, "SFSTAT: CMD_ERR "
> +							"(%x)\n", val);
> +						ltq_ebu_w32(SFSTAT_CMD_ERR,
> +							LTQ_SFSTAT);
> +						return -EBADE;
> +					}
> +				} while (val & SFSTAT_CMD_PEND);
> +				val = ltq_ebu_r32(LTQ_SFDATA);
> +				do {
> +					*rxp = (val & 0xFF);
> +					rxp++;
> +					val >>= 8;
> +					len--;
> +				} while (len);
> +			} while (bytelen);
> +			state = state_end;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +		case state_disable_cs:
> +		{
> +			priv->sfcmd &= ~SFCMD_KEEP_CS_KEEP_SELECTED;
> +			ltq_ebu_w32(priv->sfcmd | (0 << SFCMD_DLEN_OFFSET),
> +				LTQ_SFCMD);
> +			val = ltq_ebu_r32(LTQ_SFSTAT);
> +			if (val & SFSTAT_CMD_ERR) {
> +				/* reset error status */
> +				dev_err(dev, "SFSTAT: CMD_ERR (%x)\n", val);
> +				ltq_ebu_w32(SFSTAT_CMD_ERR, LTQ_SFSTAT);
> +				return -EBADE;
> +			}
> +			state = state_end;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +		case state_end:
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	} while (state != state_end);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +falcon_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
> +{
> +	const u32 ebuclk = CLOCK_100M;
> +	unsigned int i;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	if (spi->master->bus_num > 0 || spi->chip_select > 0)
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&ebu_lock, flags);
> +
> +	if (ebuclk < spi->max_speed_hz) {
> +		/* set EBU clock to 100 MHz */
> +		ltq_sys1_w32_mask(0, EBUCC_EBUDIV_SELF100, LTQ_EBUCC);
> +		i = 1; /* divider */
> +	} else {
> +		/* set EBU clock to 50 MHz */
> +		ltq_sys1_w32_mask(EBUCC_EBUDIV_SELF100, 0, LTQ_EBUCC);
> +
> +		/* search for suitable divider */
> +		for (i = 1; i < 7; i++) {
> +			if (ebuclk / i <= spi->max_speed_hz)
> +				break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	/* setup period of serial clock */
> +	ltq_ebu_w32_mask(SFTIME_SCKF_POS_MASK
> +		     | SFTIME_SCKR_POS_MASK
> +		     | SFTIME_SCK_PER_MASK,
> +		     (i << SFTIME_SCKR_POS_OFFSET)
> +		     | (i << (SFTIME_SCK_PER_OFFSET + 1)),
> +		     LTQ_SFTIME);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * set some bits of unused_wd, to not trigger HOLD/WP
> +	 * signals on non QUAD flashes
> +	 */
> +	ltq_ebu_w32((SFIO_UNUSED_WD_MASK & (0x8 | 0x4)), LTQ_SFIO);
> +
> +	ltq_ebu_w32(BUSRCON0_AGEN_SERIAL_FLASH | BUSRCON0_PORTW_8_BIT_MUX,
> +		LTQ_BUSRCON0);
> +	ltq_ebu_w32(BUSWCON0_AGEN_SERIAL_FLASH, LTQ_BUSWCON0);
> +	/* set address wrap around to maximum for 24-bit addresses */
> +	ltq_ebu_w32_mask(SFCON_DEV_SIZE_MASK, SFCON_DEV_SIZE_A23_0, LTQ_SFCON);
> +
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ebu_lock, flags);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +falcon_spi_transfer(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *m)
> +{
> +	struct falcon_spi *priv = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
> +	struct spi_transfer *t;
> +	unsigned long spi_flags;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	priv->sfcmd = 0;
> +	m->actual_length = 0;
> +
> +	spi_flags = FALCON_SPI_XFER_BEGIN;
> +	list_for_each_entry(t, &m->transfers, transfer_list) {
> +		if (list_is_last(&t->transfer_list, &m->transfers))
> +			spi_flags |= FALCON_SPI_XFER_END;
> +
> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&ebu_lock, flags);
> +		ret = falcon_spi_xfer(spi, t, spi_flags);
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ebu_lock, flags);
> +
> +		if (ret)
> +			break;
> +
> +		m->actual_length += t->len;
> +
> +		WARN_ON(t->delay_usecs || t->cs_change);
> +		spi_flags = 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	m->status = ret;
> +	m->complete(m->context);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int __devinit
> +falcon_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct falcon_spi *priv;
> +	struct spi_master *master;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	master = spi_alloc_master(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv));
> +	if (!master)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	priv = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
> +	priv->master = master;
> +
> +	master->mode_bits = SPI_MODE_3;
> +	master->num_chipselect = 1;
> +	master->bus_num = 0;
> +	master->setup = falcon_spi_setup;
> +	master->transfer = falcon_spi_transfer;
> +
> +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
> +
> +	ret = spi_register_master(master);
> +	if (ret)
> +		spi_master_put(master);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int __devexit
> +falcon_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct falcon_spi *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> +
> +	spi_unregister_master(priv->master);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static struct platform_driver falcon_spi_driver = {
> +	.probe	= falcon_spi_probe,
> +	.remove	= __devexit_p(falcon_spi_remove),
> +	.driver = {
> +		.name	= DRV_NAME,
> +		.owner	= THIS_MODULE
> +	}
> +};
> +
> +module_platform_driver(falcon_spi_driver);
> +
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Lantiq Falcon SPI controller driver");
> -- 
> 1.7.7.1
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization
> This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of 
> discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model 
> of a cloud services business. Read Now!
> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/
> _______________________________________________
> spi-devel-general mailing list
> spi-devel-general-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spi-devel-general

-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc, P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies,Ltd.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning
Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing 
also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service.
http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/

      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-03-09 22:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-09 14:17 [PATCH V2 1/2] SPI: MIPS: lantiq: add FALC-ON spi driver John Crispin
     [not found] ` <1323440223-10636-1-git-send-email-blogic-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org>
2011-12-09 14:17   ` [PATCH V2 2/2] SPI: MIPS: lantiq: add platform code for " John Crispin
2012-03-09 22:37   ` Grant Likely [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20120309223737.27B403E0896@localhost \
    --to=grant.likely-s3s/wqlpoipyb63q8fvjnq@public.gmane.org \
    --cc=blogic-p3rKhJxN3npAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org \
    --cc=linux-mips-6z/3iImG2C8G8FEW9MqTrA@public.gmane.org \
    --cc=ralf-6z/3iImG2C8G8FEW9MqTrA@public.gmane.org \
    --cc=spi-devel-general-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org \
    --cc=thomas.langer-th3ZBGNqt+7QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).