Re: [RFC PATCH 4/6] spi: ti-qspi: Implement the spi_mem interface

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal-LDxbnhwyfcJBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Boris,


> > > @@ -566,6 +567,62 @@ static int ti_qspi_spi_flash_read(struct spi_device *spi,
> > >  	return ret;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > +static int ti_qspi_exec_mem_op(struct spi_mem *mem,
> > > +			       const struct spi_mem_op *op)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct ti_qspi *qspi = spi_master_get_devdata(mem->spi->master);
> > > +	int i, ret = 0;
> > > +	u32 from = 0;
> > > +
> > > +	/* Only optimize read path. */
> > > +	if (!op->data.nbytes || op->data.dir != SPI_MEM_DATA_IN ||
> > > +	    !op->addr.nbytes || op->addr.nbytes > 4)
> > > +		return -ENOTSUPP;
> > > +
> > > +	for (i = 0; i < op->addr.nbytes; i++) {
> > > +		from <<= 8;
> > > +		from |= op->addr.buf[i];
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	/* Address exceeds MMIO window size, fall back to regular mode. */    
> > 
> > I don't understand how do you fall back to regular mode?  
> 
> If you look at spi_mem_exec_op() you'll see that if the controller
> ->exec_op() returns -ENOTSUPP, the function will try to execute the  
> operation using the regular spi_sync() API. I'll try to make it clearer
> in my next iteration.

Ok, I mixed the functions in my head and this answers the below
question as well.

> 
> > Moreover if the
> > purpose of adding this function is to remove spi_flash_read().  
> 
> Sorry, I don't get that one. Yes, the spi_mem_ops interface is here to
> replace the ->spi_flash_xx() one, and that's exactly what I'm doing
> here: porting the existing implementation to the new interface, keeping
> the exact same limitations (only read path is optimized, and the request
> has to fall in the iomem range mapped by the driver).
> 

Thanks,
Miquèl

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