[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 00/20] Bring NAND support to Nintendo NES Classic

[Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:06:19 +0100
Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 14:33:30 +0100
> Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > This series first adds fixes and enhancements to sunxi NAND drivers (SPL
> > and U-Boot). Once this is done, the SPL NAND driver is converted to use
> > PIO instead of DMA with the goal to support all SoCs with this IP
> > without the need for DMA-related code. Finally, NAND support is added to
> > Nintendo NES Classic through Kconfig and DT additions.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Miquèl
> > 
> > 
> > Changes since v1:
> > =================
> > 
> > All:
> > ----
> >   - Enhance all commit messages.
> >   - Rebased on top of master branch (I should have done that earlier but
> >     I forgot I was on an old revision).
> > 
> > Fix binman_sym output check
> > ---------------------------
> >   - SPL seems to be broken for a few weeks when using raw NAND, fix it
> >     by changing the error condition.
> > 
> > Fix strength
> > ------------
> >   - Add comment explaining the added line and moved the line for
> >     clarification on why it is needed.
> >   - Add forgotten Boris' Suggested-by tag.
> > 
> > Fix second case of modulo by zero  error
> > ----------------------------------------
> >   - Added a reference to the first occurence of this issue.
> > 
> > Allow SPL to be compiled for sun8i platforms
> > --------------------------------------------
> >   - This commit is not about compiling the SPL, but the NAND support in
> >     the SPL, as corrected by Maxime.
> > 
> > Enhancements and cleaning
> > -------------------------
> >   - Patch split into several logical chunks, as requested.
> >   - Removed useless udelay(1), that was added for debugging purpose.
> >   - Introduced the nand_exec_cmd() helper to mutualize code one step
> >     further.
> >   - Add an udelay(1) after changing the column to respect the minimum
> >     tCCS delay (Change Column Setup time).
> >   - Canceled moving to global scope the ecc_strength array.
> > 
> > Use PIO instead of DMA
> > ----------------------
> >   - Change commit message/title.
> >   - Cancel removing NFC related definitions: they can be useful as the
> >     this IP is quite under-documented.
> >   - Merge nand_reset_column and nand_change_column (in another patch).
> >   - Moved the copy of the data after the check of the ECC status.
> >   - ECC chunks are read manually, return if the first chunk is empty
> >     only (needed for configuration research), otherwise it should not be
> >     treated as an error.
> > 
> > Add NAND node to sun8i
> > ----------------------
> >   - U-Boot master branch already has this node, remove the patch.
> > 
> > Enable NAND on NES classic
> > --------------------------
> >   - Change the DT cells size from 2 to 1.
> > 
> > Add NAND support for NES classic
> > --------------------------------
> >   - Split in several patches, moving SPL_NAND_SUPPORT and NAND_SUNXI out
> >     of the defconfig files (NES and CHIP pro) to be automatically
> >     selected depending on NAND_SUNXI and ARCH_SUNXI.
> >   - Moved the NAND parameters to Kconfig (only for SUNXI because the
> >     tool did not work as expected, maybe due to some definitions that
> >     are not "numbers" but multiplications and sometimes use other
> >     definitions (NAND page size, 2K_SZ, etc).
> > 
> > 
> > Miquel Raynal (20):
> >   spl: fix binman_sym output check
> >   mtd: nand: sunxi: fix ECC strength choice
> >   spl: nand: sunxi: fix second case of modulo by zero error
> >   spl: nand: sunxi: fix typo on register name
> >   spl: nand: sunxi: introduce the nand_wait_int() helper
> >   spl: nand: sunxi: introduce the nand_wait_cmd_fifo_empty() helper
> >   spl: nand: sunxi: add missing status clear
> >   spl: nand: sunxi: create an helper to handle command execution
> >   spl: nand: sunxi: ensure enough time has passed after changing the
> >     column
> >   spl: nand: sunxi: make the reset column helper more generic
> >   sunxi: spl: deassert the NAND controller reset line
> >   spl: nand: sunxi: declare the ecc_bytes array globally
> >   spl: nand: sunxi: use PIO instead of DMA
> >   sunxi: spl: remove DMA related settings of the NAND controller
> >   sunxi: allow NAND support in SPL to be compiled for sun8i platforms
> >   sunxi: dts: enable NAND on NES classic
> >   sunxi: automatically select SPL_NAND_SUPPORT in Kconfig
> >   sunxi: make NAND_SUNXI use ARCH_SUNXI as default in Kconfig
> >   sunxi: move the NAND parameters to Kconfig
> >   configs: add NAND support for NES Classic  
> 
> Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
> 
> on all NAND related patches.

I've been told that my statement was a bit ambiguous since all patches
in this series are related to supporting NAND on sun8i, so I'll clarify
a bit. My ack applies to all patches containing 'nand' in their
subject :P.

> 
> > 
> >  arch/arm/dts/sun8i-a23-a33.dtsi                    |  18 ++
> >  .../dts/sun8i-r16-nintendo-nes-classic-edition.dts |  14 ++
> >  arch/arm/include/asm/arch-sunxi/clock_sun6i.h      |   6 +
> >  board/sunxi/board.c                                |   6 +-
> >  common/spl/spl.c                                   |  10 +-
> >  configs/CHIP_pro_defconfig                         |   6 +-
> >  configs/Nintendo_NES_Classic_Edition_defconfig     |   4 +
> >  drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig                           |  26 ++-
> >  drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c                      |   8 +-
> >  drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand_spl.c                  | 242 ++++++++++-----------
> >  10 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 134 deletions(-)
> >   
> 
> 
> 



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