[PATCH] ARM: shmobile: alt: Add QSPI device to DT
Geert Uytterhoeven
geert at linux-m68k.org
Fri Dec 18 02:07:23 PST 2015
Hi Simon,
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 09:06:17AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 09:34:10AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 7:13 AM, Simon Horman
>> >> <horms+renesas at verge.net.au> wrote:
>> >> > Enable the QSPI controller in the alt device tree.
>> >> >
>> >> > Based similar work for the silk board by by Vladimir Barinov and
>> >> > Sergei Shtylyov.
>> >> >
>> >> > Cc: Vladimir Barinov <vladimir.barinov at cogentembedded.com>
>> >> > Cc: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com>
>> >> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas at verge.net.au>
>> >>
>> >> Verified against Alt schematics and r8a7794 datasheet.
>> >>
>> >> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
>> >>
>> >> I can't verify the FLASH layout. Note that p.11 of
>> >> ALT_MiniMonitor_Manual(SPI_Boot)_Rev0.01_e.pdf shows a different
>> >> FLASH layout for the second and third partition.
>> >
>> > Thanks. I see the following in v1.9.6 of the BSP[1]. Is it
>> > the same as the document you referred to above?
>> >
>> >
>> > partition at 0 {
>> > label = "loader";
>> > reg = <0x00000000 0x00080000>;
>> > read-only;
>> > };
>> > partition at 40000 {
>> > label = "user";
>> > reg = <0x00080000 0x00580000>;
>> > read-only;
>> > };
>> > partition at 440000 {
>> > label = "flash";
>> > reg = <0x00600000 0x03a00000>;
>> > };
>> >
>> >
>> > [1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/horms/renesas-backport.git/tree/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7794-alt.dts?h=rcar-gen2/v1.9.6&id=e1acbe074f36d96e901bf5346c50ee51da2ced42#n379
>>
>> No, the document specifies 3 partitions:
>> - SA0: loader program area, 16 KiB,
Sorry, I missed a "Not used" part after that, and started miscounting zeroes
on top of that :-(
So the loader consumes 16 KiB out of the 256 KiB SA0 partition.
>> - SA1: System area, 16 KiB,
Should be 256 KiB.
>> - SA2: User program area, remainder.
>>
>> FWIW, the unit addresses in the device nodes above are not consistent
>> with their reg properties.
>
> My feeling is that we should follow the documentation.
> Does this reflect the scheme it describes?
>
>
> partitions {
> #address-cells = <1>;
> #size-cells = <1>;
>
> partition at 0 {
> label = "loader";
> reg = <0x00000000 0x00004000>;
reg = <0x00000000 0x00040000>;
> read-only;
> };
> partition at 4000 {
partition at 40000
> label = "system";
> reg = <0x00004000 0x00004000>;
reg = <0x00040000 0x00040000>;
> read-only;
> };
> partition at 8000 {
partition at 80000
> label = "user";
> reg = <0x00008000 0x03ff8000>;
reg = <0x00080000 0x03f80000>;
> };
> };
I don't have an ALT. Does this match with the actual FLASH contents?
Sorry for the wreck on my side.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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