[PATCH] ARM: shmobile: alt: Add QSPI device to DT

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Mon Jan 4 02:35:30 PST 2016


On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 09:59:13AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 10:07 PM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:07:23AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> 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?
> >
> > I'm a little unsure how to verify that.
> 
> Usually the FLASH is empty (all ones) at the end of each partition.
> 
> Hence "dd if=/dev/mtd0 bs=16M | hd | less" should report lots of
> identical lines of
> data.

Thanks. I do see some non-ones followed by ones at the end of the partition.

I will post v2 with the above partitioning scheme.



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