Re: [PATCH v1 2/7] mtd: spi-nor: add DDR quad read support

[Huang Shijie <b32955@freescale.com>]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 09:45:57PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 12:16:50 PM, Huang Shijie wrote:
> > This patch adds the DDR quad read support by the following:
> > 
> >   [1] add SPI_NOR_DDR_QUAD read mode.
> > 
> >   [2] add DDR Quad read opcodes:
> >        SPINOR_OP_READ_1_4_4_D / SPINOR_OP_READ4_1_4_4_D
> > 
> >   [3] add set_ddr_quad_mode() to initialize for the DDR quad read.
> >       Currently it only works for Spansion NOR.
> > 
> >   [3] set the dummy with 8 for DDR quad read.
> >       The m25p80.c can not support the DDR quad read, the SPI NOR
> > controller can set the dummy value in its driver, such as fsl-quadspi.c.
> > 
> > Test this patch for Spansion s25fl128s NOR flash.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <b32955@freescale.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c |   50
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h   |  
> >  8 +++++-
> >  2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> > index 1a12f81..e2f69db 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> > @@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ static int read_cr(struct spi_nor *nor)
> >  static inline int spi_nor_read_dummy_cycles(struct spi_nor *nor)
> >  {
> >  	switch (nor->flash_read) {
> > +	case SPI_NOR_DDR_QUAD:
> > +		/*
> > +		 * The m25p80.c can not support the DDR quad read.
> > +		 * We set the dummy cycles to 8 by default. If the SPI NOR
> > +		 * controller driver has already set it before call the
> > +		 * spi_nor_scan(), we just keep it as it is.
> > +		 */
> > +		if (nor->read_dummy)
> > +			return nor->read_dummy;
> 
> Can the controller set this variable to zero ?

The default value of this variable is zero.  It it meaningless to set zero.
The DDR Quad read definitely will use a non-zero dummy.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +static int set_ddr_quad_mode(struct spi_nor *nor, u32 jedec_id)
> > +{
> > +	int status;
> > +
> > +	switch (JEDEC_MFR(jedec_id)) {
> > +	case CFI_MFR_AMD: /* Spansion, actually */
> > +		status = spansion_quad_enable(nor);
> > +		if (status) {
> > +			dev_err(nor->dev,
> > +				"Spansion DDR quad-read not enabled\n");
> > +			return -EINVAL;
> 
> Can't you just return status here as well to propagate the failure?

ok. 

thanks
Huang Shijie