[PATCH v6] spi: orion.c: Add direct access mode

Wed Apr 20 05:09:01 PDT 2016

Hi Gregory,

On 20.04.2016 13:58, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>   On mer., avril 20 2016, Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de> wrote:
> 
>> This patch adds support for the direct write mode to the Orion SPI
>> driver which is used on the Marvell Armada based SoCs. In this direct
>> mode, all data written to (or read from) a specifically mapped MBus
>> window (linked to one SPI chip-select on one of the SPI controllers)
>> will be transferred directly to the SPI bus. Without the need to control
>> the SPI registers in between. This can improve the SPI transfer rate in
>> such cases.
>>
>> Currently only the direct write mode is supported. This mode especially
>> benefits from the SPI direct mode, as the data bytes are written
>> head-to-head to the SPI bus, without any additional addresses, that
>> are also written in the direct read mode.
>>
>> One use-case for this direct write mode is, programming a FPGA bitstream
>> image into the FPGA connected to the SPI bus at maximum speed.
>>
>> This mode is described in chapter "22.5.2 Direct Write to SPI" in the
>> Marvell Armada XP Functional Spec Datasheet.
>>
>> It should be possible to support SPI-NOR and SPI-NAND devices via
>> this direct access mode as well. But this needs further work, e.g.:
>> - The mapping of the MBus window needs to get extended to span
>>    the complete flash device size
>> - The address / control data needs to get inserted into the SPI
>>    controller registers
> 
> This patch looks really nice. And, from my point of view, especially
> because I don't see how it could introduce a regression for the existing
> boards :)
> 
> [...]
> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-orion.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-orion.txt
>> index 98bc698..4f629cc 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-orion.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-orion.txt
>> @@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ Required properties:
>>       - "marvell,armada-380-spi", for the Armada 38x SoCs
>>       - "marvell,armada-390-spi", for the Armada 39x SoCs
>>       - "marvell,armada-xp-spi", for the Armada XP SoCs
>> -- reg : offset and length of the register set for the device
>> +- reg : offset and length of the register set for the device.
>> +	This property can optionally have additional entries to configure
>> +	the SPI direct access mode that some of the Marvell SoCs support
>> +	additionally to the normal indirect access (PIO) mode. The values
>> +	for the MBus "target" and "attribute" are defined in the Marvell
>> +	SoC "Functional Specifications" Manual in the chapter "Marvell
>> +	Core Processor Address Decoding".
>> +	The eight register sets following the control registers refer to
>> +	chip-select lines 0 through 7 respectively.
>>   - cell-index : Which of multiple SPI controllers is this.
>>   Optional properties:
>>   - interrupts : Is currently not used.
>> @@ -23,3 +31,42 @@ Example:
>>   	       interrupts = <23>;
>>   	       status = "disabled";
>>          };
>> +
>> +Example with SPI direct mode support (optionally):
>> +	spi0: spi at 10600 {
>> +		compatible = "marvell,orion-spi";
>> +		#address-cells = <1>;
>> +		#size-cells = <0>;
>> +		cell-index = <0>;
>> +		reg = <MBUS_ID(0xf0, 0x01) 0x10600 0x28>, /* control */
>> +		      <MBUS_ID(0x01, 0x1e) 0 0xffffffff>, /* CS0 */
>> +		      <MBUS_ID(0x01, 0x5e) 0 0xffffffff>, /* CS1 */
>> +		      <MBUS_ID(0x01, 0x9e) 0 0xffffffff>, /* CS2 */
>> +		      <MBUS_ID(0x01, 0xde) 0 0xffffffff>, /* CS3 */
>> +		      <MBUS_ID(0x01, 0x1f) 0 0xffffffff>, /* CS4 */
>> +		      <MBUS_ID(0x01, 0x5f) 0 0xffffffff>, /* CS5 */
>> +		      <MBUS_ID(0x01, 0x9f) 0 0xffffffff>, /* CS6 */
>> +		      <MBUS_ID(0x01, 0xdf) 0 0xffffffff>; /* CS7 */
>> +		interrupts = <23>;
>> +		status = "disabled";
>> +	};
>> +
> 
> As you don't submit any patch for the dtsi, I assume that you expect
> that this part will be done at board level. In this case as I wrote
> above we are sure that all the board continue working without any need
> to test them.

No, this won't work without any changes to the Armada dtsi /
dts files. As the SPI controller node needs to get moved
for this 'reg' property to work (suggestion from Arnd).

I've submitted 2 patches for the dtsi / dts files a short while
ago:

http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg495524.html
http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg495523.html

When this SPI driver patch gets accepted, I'll send an updated
patchset for the dtsi / dts files.

> [...]
>> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c b/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c
>> index a87cfd4..3e20afd 100644
>> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c
>> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c
>> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>>   #include <linux/module.h>
>>   #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>>   #include <linux/of.h>
>> +#include <linux/of_address.h>
>>   #include <linux/of_device.h>
>>   #include <linux/clk.h>
>>   #include <linux/sizes.h>
>> @@ -43,6 +44,9 @@
>>   #define ORION_SPI_INT_CAUSE_REG		0x10
>>   #define ORION_SPI_TIMING_PARAMS_REG	0x18
>>   
>> +/* Register for the "Direct Mode" */
>> +#define SPI_DIRECT_WRITE_CONFIG_REG	0x20
>> +
>>   #define ORION_SPI_TMISO_SAMPLE_MASK	(0x3 << 6)
>>   #define ORION_SPI_TMISO_SAMPLE_1	(1 << 6)
>>   #define ORION_SPI_TMISO_SAMPLE_2	(2 << 6)
>> @@ -78,11 +82,18 @@ struct orion_spi_dev {
>>   	bool			is_errata_50mhz_ac;
>>   };
>>   
>> +struct orion_direct_acc {
>> +	void __iomem		*vaddr;
>> +	u32			size;
>> +};
>> +
>>   struct orion_spi {
>>   	struct spi_master	*master;
>>   	void __iomem		*base;
>>   	struct clk              *clk;
>>   	const struct orion_spi_dev *devdata;
>> +
>> +	struct orion_direct_acc	direct_access[ORION_NUM_CHIPSELECTS];
>>   };
>>   
>>   static inline void __iomem *spi_reg(struct orion_spi *orion_spi, u32 reg)
>> @@ -372,10 +383,30 @@ orion_spi_write_read(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *xfer)
>>   {
>>   	unsigned int count;
>>   	int word_len;
>> +	struct orion_spi *orion_spi;
>> +	int cs = spi->chip_select;
>>   
>>   	word_len = spi->bits_per_word;
>>   	count = xfer->len;
>>   
>> +	orion_spi = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Use SPI direct write mode if base address is available. Otherwise
>> +	 * fall back to PIO mode for this transfer.
>> +	 */
> 
> That means that once the direct write mode is set in the device tree you
> can't go back to the PIO mode. So, if I understand well, once you have
> programmed a FPGA bitstream image into the FPGA you won't use this SPI
> for a more standard communication.

Correct. We're using this SPI bus on this "SPI device" for FPGA
programming only. This can be done multiple times though. Currently
there is no way to switch operation modes at runtime. I'm not sure
if this is really needed. Either a device supports this mode or
it doesn't. 

> However, I don't know how to switch
> from a mode to another in an elegant way (without adding an ioctl
> command).

Yes. Please see above, as I don't know if this is really needed
in practice.

Thanks,
Stefan