Re: [PATCH V3] mtd: rawnand: qcom: update last code word register

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>]

Hello,

mdalam@codeaurora.org wrote on Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:18:46 +0530:

> On 2021-01-14 21:23, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Md Sadre Alam <mdalam@codeaurora.org> wrote on Sun, 10 Jan 2021
> > 09:31:45 +0530:
> >   
> >> From QPIC version 2.0 onwards new register got added to  
> > 
> >                                 a
> >   
> >> read last codeword. This change will update the same.  
> > 
> >        the?           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >                       Please reword this sentence.  
> 
>    Fixed this in V4 patch.
> >   
> >> For first three code word READ_LOCATION_n register will be
> >> use.For last code word READ_LOCATION_LAST_CW_n register will be
> >> use.  
> > 
> > "For the first three codewords, READ_LOCATION_n registers will be used.
> > The last codeword register will be accessed through
> > READ_LOCATION_LAST_CW_n."
> > 
> > Also, please specify what these registers store.  
> 
>    The location register is mainly use for reading controller
>    buffer via BAM mode. The bits of the register "NAND_READ_LOCATION_LAST_CW_n, n=0..4"
>    as follow:

Perhaps what I do not understand is: when is this "last_cw" register
more useful than the previous set?

>    [9:0]-bits : (OFFSET) This bit defines the offset from the buffer base address to be picked up for DMA.
>    [25:16]-bits: (SIZE) This bit of every register will define the size of the chunk for DMA.
>    31-bit :      (LAST) If this bit is set, the controller takes the particular register to specify the last chunk
>                        of data made available for DMA. This chunk is part of the internal buffer of the controller.
> 
> >   

Thanks,
Miquèl