[PATCH v3 1/2] mtd: mediatek: device tree docs for MTK Smart Device Gen1 NAND

Boris Brezillon boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com
Mon Apr 11 16:15:00 PDT 2016


On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:56:11 -0400
Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz at linaro.org> wrote:

> This patch adds documentation support for Smart Device Gen1 type of
> NAND controllers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz at linaro.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtk-nand.txt | 145 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 145 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtk-nand.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtk-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtk-nand.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..ca3cc95
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtk-nand.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
> +MTK SoCs NAND FLASH controller (NFC) DT binding
> +
> +This file documents the device tree bindings for MTK SoCs NAND controllers.
> +The functional split of the controller requires two drivers to operate:
> +the nand controller interface driver and the ECC engine driver.
> +
> +The hardware description for both devices must be captured as device
> +tree nodes.
> +
> +1) NFC NAND Controller Interface (NFI):
> +=======================================
> +
> +The first part of NFC is NAND Controller Interface (NFI) HW.
> +Required NFI properties:
> +- compatible:			Should be "mediatek,mtxxxx-nfc".
> +- reg:				Base physical address and size of NFI.
> +- interrupts:			Interrupts of NFI.
> +- clocks:			NFI required clocks.
> +- clock-names:			NFI clocks internal name.
> +- status:			Disabled default. Then set "okay" by platform.
> +- ecc-engine:			Required ECC Engine node.
> +- #address-cells:		NAND chip index, should be 1.
> +- #size-cells:			Should be 0.
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +	nandc: nfi at 1100d000 {
> +		compatible = "mediatek,mt2701-nfc";
> +		reg = <0 0x1100d000 0 0x1000>;
> +		interrupts = <GIC_SPI 56 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW>;
> +		clocks = <&pericfg CLK_PERI_NFI>,
> +			 <&pericfg CLK_PERI_NFI_PAD>;
> +		clock-names = "nfi_clk", "pad_clk";
> +		status = "disabled";
> +		ecc-engine = <&bch>;
> +		#address-cells = <1>;
> +		#size-cells = <0>;
> +        };
> +
> +Platform related properties, should be set in {platform_name}.dts:
> +- children nodes:	NAND chips.
> +
> +Children nodes properties:
> +- reg:			Chip Select Signal, default 0.
> +			Set as reg = <0>, <1> when need 2 CS.
> +- spare_per_sector:	Spare size of each sector.

Do you really need this property? It should be deduced from ECC
strength/step-size and oobsize info (or any other NFC/ECC constraints).


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Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons
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