Issue in oamp nand driver with 32-bit reads in prefetch mode

Tony Lindgren tony at atomide.com
Wed Dec 23 12:44:29 EST 2009


* Vimal Singh <vimal.newwork at gmail.com> [091223 01:32]:
> In omap nand driver we used to do 32-bit reads (in function
> omap_read_buf_pref, using 'ioread32_rep' i.e.: __raw_readsl), and it
> was working fine till some time back. But now, somehow, this has got
> some problem. Reads are not being done successfully, and driver gives
> lots for error reprot like below:
> 
> td->read(0x604 bytes from 0x1fc) returned ECC error
> uncorrectable error :
> uncorrectable error :
> uncorrectable error :
> uncorrectable error :
> uncorrectable error :
> uncorrectable error :
> mtd->read(0x520 bytes from 0x2e0) returned ECC error
> 
> While if we change 32-bit reads to 16-bit reads (using 'ioread16_rep'
> i.e.: __raw_readwl) makes it working fine. (A patch to do this is
> listed below at the bottom of this mail.)
> 
> I have not seen any change in routine '__raw_readsl'.
> So, could someone help me find out the root cause the issue?
> 
> Thanks for any input.

Maybe an issue with the GPMC timings?

Regards,

Tony

> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Vimal Singh
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
> index aaef170..dc493f5 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
> @@ -288,14 +288,14 @@ static void omap_read_buf_pref(struct mtd_info
>  						struct omap_nand_info, mtd);
>  	uint32_t pfpw_status = 0, r_count = 0;
>  	int ret = 0;
> -	u32 *p = (u32 *)buf;
> +	u16 *p = (u16 *)buf;
> 
>  	/* take care of subpage reads */
> -	for (; len % 4 != 0; ) {
> +	for (; len % 2 != 0; ) {
>  		*buf++ = __raw_readb(info->nand.IO_ADDR_R);
>  		len--;
>  	}
> -	p = (u32 *) buf;
> +	p = (u16 *) buf;
> 
>  	/* configure and start prefetch transfer */
>  	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs, 0x0, len, 0x0);
> @@ -308,10 +308,10 @@ static void omap_read_buf_pref(struct mtd_info
> *mtd, u_char *buf, int len)
>  	} else {
>  		do {
>  			pfpw_status = gpmc_prefetch_status();
> -			r_count = ((pfpw_status >> 24) & 0x7F) >> 2;
> -			ioread32_rep(info->nand_pref_fifo_add, p, r_count);
> +			r_count = ((pfpw_status >> 24) & 0x7F) >> 1;
> +			ioread16_rep(info->nand_pref_fifo_add, p, r_count);
>  			p += r_count;
> -			len -= r_count << 2;
> +			len -= r_count << 1;
>  		} while (len);
> 
>  		/* disable and stop the PFPW engine */
> --
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