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From: Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 00/12] cmd_sf: Add support for read and write instructions
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 12:45:15 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51362F2B.9030006@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD6G_RQkODc5212CSYfFibbv8O0Zuy53HDzez0YPDNg5trztOg@mail.gmail.com>

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On 03/05/2013 12:21 PM, Jagan Teki wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Tom Rini <trini@ti.com> wrote: On
> 03/05/2013 12:00 PM, Jagan Teki wrote:
>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:38 AM, Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 01:59:38PM +0530, Jagan Teki
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>> Since these changes I have sent long back, I am just 
>>>>>> re-modified the framework to add new features at the same
>>>>>> time with backward comparability for current commands.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Current command setup: sf write sf read sf update
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Changed command set: [no changes in the argument count]
>>>>>> sf write     ---  current command sf write.pp --  same as
>>>>>> sf write sf write.qp -- quad program
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> sf read   -- current read sf read.af --- array flast
>>>>>> read, same as sf read sf read.as -- array slow read sf
>>>>>> read.do --- dual out sf read.qo -- quad out sf read.dio
>>>>>> -- dual io sf read.qio -- quad io
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> sf update  -- current update sf update.pp.af -- write
>>>>>> page program, read array fast, same as sf update sf
>>>>>> update.pp.as - write page program, read array slow sf
>>>>>> update.pp.do - write page program, read dual out sf
>>>>>> update.pp.qo - write page program, read quad out sf
>>>>>> update.pp.dio - write page program, read dual io sf
>>>>>> update.pp.qio - write page program, read quad io sf
>>>>>> update.qp.af - write quad program, read array fast sf 
>>>>>> update.qp.as - write quad program, read array slow sf 
>>>>>> update.qp.do - write quad program, read dual out sf 
>>>>>> update.qp.qo - write quad program, read quad out sf 
>>>>>> update.qp.dio - write quad program, read dual io sf 
>>>>>> update.qp.qio - write quad program, read quad io
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Though it seems to be lengthy, but may useful with lot
>>>>>> of combinations from user. My intention is to use the
>>>>>> existing argument count with changes in the command set.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Are there cases where for the current device we're
>>>>> operating on that can handle more than one of these, aside
>>>>> from fast or slow? And do we really need to offer both fast
>>>>> and slow?
>>>> 
>>>> Yes as per as I know spansion, numonyx and winbond flashes
>>>> are supporting all the operation modes that I listed above.
>>>> 
>>>> These are very generic w.r.t above flashes.or I can say these
>>>> are commonly available modes.
> 
> And when hooked up via whichever SPI controller you have, all of
> those modes are also available and we can't really "guess" about
> using a faster mode?
>> I didn't get you. In general, u-boot should provide all the
>> possible operation modes and the choice should be up to user. 
>> Please elaborate as I seem to be missing something.

Unless I'm missing something (or we're talking about different
things), you have a SPI flash that do quad (or dual) read/write.  But
it also has to be connected to a controller that talks quad (or dual).

So is there any way we can make sf read/write/update be the fastest
supported (and why do we want fast and slow quad programming?) by the
controller and chip?  I can see having to do "sf read.qp.qf ..." and
so forth leading to some less than desired user interaction.

- -- 
Tom
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-05 17:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-31 11:13 [U-Boot] [PATCH 00/12] cmd_sf: Add support for read and write instructions Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
2012-12-31 11:13 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 01/12] cmd_sf: Add wr_inst argument to 'sf write' command Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
2013-01-11  2:11   ` Simon Glass
     [not found]     ` <CAD6G_RSQXL3RsSuK=4QkRGRNfzuKvU-s7JPrsuB+o5O7GRxJuA@mail.gmail.com>
2013-02-14 14:35       ` Simon Glass
2012-12-31 11:13 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 02/12] cmd_sf: Add rd_inst argument to 'sf read' command Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
2012-12-31 11:13 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 03/12] cmd_sf: Add wr_inst argument to 'sf update' command Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
2012-12-31 11:13 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 04/12] cmd_sf: Add rd_inst " Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
2012-12-31 11:13 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 05/12] cmd_sf: Define a functions for parsing read and write instructions Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
2013-01-11  2:18   ` Simon Glass
2012-12-31 11:13 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 06/12] cmd_sf: Add QPP(Quad-input Page Program) write instruction support Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
2012-12-31 11:13 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 07/12] cmd_sf: Add ASR(Array Slow Read) read " Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
2012-12-31 11:13 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 08/12] cmd_sf: Add DOFR(Dual Output Fast " Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
2012-12-31 11:13 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 09/12] cmd_sf: Add QOFR(Quad " Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki
2013-01-11  2:16 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 00/12] cmd_sf: Add support for read and write instructions Simon Glass
2013-01-11  2:16 ` Simon Glass
2013-03-02  8:29   ` Jagan Teki
2013-03-04 21:02     ` Jagan Teki
2013-03-04 21:08     ` Tom Rini
2013-03-05 17:00       ` Jagan Teki
2013-03-05 17:08         ` Tom Rini
2013-03-05 17:21           ` Jagan Teki
2013-03-05 17:45             ` Tom Rini [this message]
2013-03-05 18:34               ` Jagan Teki
2013-03-05 19:59                 ` Tom Rini
2013-03-08 12:22                   ` Michal Simek
2013-03-08 23:55     ` Simon Glass
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-01-10 14:33 Langer Thomas
2013-01-11  2:28 ` Simon Glass
2013-01-16  7:47 ` Jagan Teki
2013-01-16 19:51   ` Langer Thomas

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