[PATCH 2/4] ARM: dts: da850: Add an aemif node

Karl Beldan kbeldan at baylibre.com
Wed Aug 10 01:07:13 PDT 2016


On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 01:32:03PM +0530, Sekhar Nori wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 August 2016 01:18 PM, Sekhar Nori wrote:
> > On Tuesday 09 August 2016 10:45 PM, Karl Beldan wrote:
> >> Currently the davinci da8xx boards use the mach-davinci aemif code.
> >> Instantiating an aemif node into the DT allows to use the ti-aemif
> >> memory driver and is another step to better DT support.
> >> Also it will allow to properly pass the emif timings via DT.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Karl Beldan <kbeldan at baylibre.com>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/arm/boot/dts/da850.dtsi | 10 ++++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/da850.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/da850.dtsi
> >> index bc10e7e..f62928c 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/da850.dtsi
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/da850.dtsi
> >> @@ -411,6 +411,16 @@
> >>  			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
> >>  		};
> >>  	};
> >> +	aemif: aemif at 68000000 {
> >> +		compatible = "ti,da850-aemif";
> >> +		#address-cells = <2>;
> >> +		#size-cells = <1>;
> >> +
> >> +		reg = <0x68000000 0x00008000>;
> >> +		ranges = <0 0 0x60000000 0x08000000
> >> +			  1 0 0x68000000 0x00008000>;
> >> +		status = "disabled";
> >> +	};
> >>  	nand_cs3 at 62000000 {
> >>  		compatible = "ti,davinci-nand";
> >>  		reg = <0x62000000 0x807ff
> > 
> > The nand node should be part of aemif node like it is done for keystone
> > boards.
> 
> Actually, can you move the nand node out of da850.dtsi completely. Its
> much better to keep da850.dtsi restricted to soc-internal devices and
> keep the board level devices like NAND flash in <board>.dts file.
> 
> Similarly, can you move the NAND pinmux definitions too to the
> da850-evm.dts file?
> 
> There is advantage in keeping common pinmux definitions in da850.dtsi so
> each board doe not have to repeat them. But AEMIF is an exception as its
> usage can really be varied (NAND, NOR, SRAM, other). Plus, different
> boards are likely to use different chip selects so coming up with some
> pinmux definitions which will be reused widely is really unlikely.
> 
This is exactly what I just did for the LCDK.
If everybody is happy with it I will do the same for the evm as I put it
in the cover letter.
 
Karl



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