[PATCH] driver/mtd/ifc: Read Status while programming NAND flash
Brian Norris
computersforpeace at gmail.com
Wed Oct 23 12:44:11 EDT 2013
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 11:36:41AM +0530, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> as per controller description,
> "While programming a NAND flash, status read should never skipped.
> Because it may happen that a new command is issued to the NAND Flash,
> even when the device has not yet finished processing the previous request.
> This may result in unpredictable behaviour."
>
> IFC controller never polls for R/B signal after command send. It just return
> control to software. This behaviour may not occur with NAND flash access.
> because new commands are sent after polling R/B signal. But it may happen
> in scenario where GPCM-ASIC and NAND flash device are working simultaneously.
>
> Update the controller driver to take care of this requirement
>
> Signed-off-by: Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar at freescale.com>
Pushed to l2-mtd.git. Thanks!
Brian
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