[RFC PATCH 3/9] of: mtd: add NAND timings retrieval support

[Grant Likely]

On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:57:40 -0700, Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe at obsidianresearch.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 06:03:01PM +0100, boris brezillon wrote:
> 
> > >>Pick a mode value that fits all the parameters of the connected
> > >>non-ONFI flash.
> > >>
> > >>This would be instead of defining each parameter
> > >>individually.. Provide some helpers to convert from a onfi mode number
> > >>to all the onfi defined timing parameters so that drivers can
> > >>configure the HW..
> > >
> > >Are you suggesting we should provide a function that converts these
> > >modes into a nand_timings struct, or just use the timing modes and
> > >let the NAND controller drivers configure its IP accordingly ?
> 
> Either seems reasonable to me, but passing the ONFI mode directly from
> the NAND core to the driver seems a little safer..

I agree here. There are a lot of parameters being defined. If it can be
boiled down to an ONFI mode that will make for a much more robust
binding. Far fewer things to get wrong.

g.