[PATCH v4] mtd/nand: don't use {read,write}_buf for 8-bit transfers
Uwe Kleine-König
u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de
Tue Jan 14 03:29:48 EST 2014
Hello,
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 12:12:16AM -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 10:22:04PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > According to the Open NAND Flash Interface Specification (ONFI) Revision
> > 3.1 "Parameters are always transferred on the lower 8-bits of the data
> > bus." for the Get Features and Set Features commands.
> >
> > So using read_buf and write_buf is wrong for 16-bit wide nand chips as
> > they use I/O[15:0]. The Get Features command is easily fixed using 4
> > times the read_byte callback. For Set Features implement a new
> > overwritable callback "write_byte". Still I expect the default to work
> > just fine for all controllers and making it overwriteable was just done
> > for symmetry.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
>
> I think this patch is good now, so pushed to l2-mtd.git (with a fix
> [1]). Thanks Uwe!
>
> I know there was some more discussion and other patch ideas being thrown
> around (by me and others). Feel free to send patches/comments (or
> Ack's/Tested-by's) if you think they need applied on top.
>
> Brian
>
> [1] I got a type safety warning as I pushed this out, so I squashed in
> this diff:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> index 7acbce3b3675..d388c7f6fec9 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static void nand_write_byte16(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t byte)
> * neither an address nor a command transfer. Let's assume a 0 on the
> * upper I/O lines is OK.
> */
> - chip->write_buf(mtd, &word, 2);
> + chip->write_buf(mtd, (uint8_t *)&word, 2);
That's exactly what I suggested before reading your mail. Very
appreciated.
Uwe
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