[PATCH 2/2][v5] driver: mtd: update struct map_info's swap as per map requirement

Boris Brezillon boris.brezillon at bootlin.com
Tue Mar 6 00:14:11 PST 2018


Hi Prabhakar,

On Tue, 6 Mar 2018 06:02:08 +0000
Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar.kushwaha at nxp.com> wrote:

> Dear Boris,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Prabhakar Kushwaha
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 1:04 PM
> > To: linux-mtd at lists.infradead.org; devicetree at vger.kernel.org;
> > robh at kernel.org; mark.rutland at arm.com; shawnguo at kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org; boris.brezillon at free-
> > electrons.com; cyrille.pitchen at wedev4u.fr; computersforpeace at gmail.com;
> > oss at buserror.net; Leo Li <leoyang.li at nxp.com>; Prabhakar Kushwaha
> > <prabhakar.kushwaha at nxp.com>; Jagdish Gediya
> > <jagdish.gediya at nxp.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH 2/2][v5] driver: mtd: update struct map_info's swap as per
> > map requirement
> > 
> > It is not necessary for all device's maps to be CFI_HOST_ENDIAN.
> > Maps device can be Big endian or little endian.
> > 
> > Currently it is being taken care using CONFIG_MTD_CFI_LE_BYTE_SWAP or
> > CONFIG_MTD_CFI_BE_BYTE_SWAP i.e. compile time.
> > 
> > Now update struct map_info's swap field based on device characteristics
> > defined in device tree.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jagdish Gediya <jagdish.gediya at nxp.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar.kushwaha at nxp.com>
> > ---
> > Changes for v2: Incorporated review comments from Boris Brezillon
> > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/758381/
> > Changes for v3: None
> > Changes for v4: Updated code as per new defined binding of physmap.txt
> > Changes for v5: Avoid map.swap set in case of endiannes not defined in dts
> > file
> > 
> >  drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of_core.c | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of_core.c
> > b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of_core.c
> > index b1bd4faecfb2..527b1682381f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of_core.c
> > @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/mtd/map.h>
> >  #include <linux/mtd/partitions.h>
> >  #include <linux/mtd/concat.h>
> > +#include <linux/mtd/cfi_endian.h>
> >  #include <linux/of.h>
> >  #include <linux/of_address.h>
> >  #include <linux/of_platform.h>
> > @@ -233,6 +234,11 @@ static int of_flash_probe(struct platform_device
> > *dev)
> >  		info->list[i].map.bankwidth = be32_to_cpup(width);
> >  		info->list[i].map.device_node = dp;
> > 
> > +		if (of_property_read_bool(dp, "big-endian"))
> > +			info->list[i].map.swap = CFI_BIG_ENDIAN;
> > +		else if (of_property_read_bool(dp, "little-endian"))
> > +			info->list[i].map.swap = CFI_LITTLE_ENDIAN;
> > +
> >  		err = of_flash_probe_gemini(dev, dp, &info->list[i].map);
> >  		if (err)
> >  			goto err_out;
> > --
> > 2.14.1  
> 
> Is this patch correct with respect to device binding (http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/878974/)

This patch looks good, but patch 1 is not describing what really
happens when the xxx-endian props are missing.

> May I go ahead and send device tree patches for other NXP platforms

Nope, please wait till we sorted out the last issues I pointed on patch
1.

> 
> will http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/878974/  along with this patch be send via linux-mtd repo?

Yes, once you've fixed the description or explained why you think the
current description is valid.

Regards,

Boris

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Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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