[PATCH V2] mtd: bcm47xxsflash: support reading flash out of mapping window

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at gmail.com
Tue Jan 17 03:49:37 PST 2017


On 01/17/2017 12:08 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> On 17 January 2017 at 12:00, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 01/17/2017 11:51 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>>> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
>>>
>>> For reading flash content we use MMIO but it's possible to read only
>>> first 16 MiB this way. It's simply an arch design/limitation.
>>> To support flash sizes bigger than 16 MiB implement indirect access
>>> using ChipCommon registers.
>>> This has been tested using MX25L25635F.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
>>> ---
>>> V2: Simplify line writing to buf
>>>     Add some trivial comment for OPCODE_ST_READ4B
>>>     Both requested by Marek
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.c | 12 +++++++++++-
>>>  drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.h |  3 +++
>>>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.c
>>> index 4decd8c..8d4c1db 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.c
>>> @@ -110,7 +110,17 @@ static int bcm47xxsflash_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len,
>>>       if ((from + len) > mtd->size)
>>>               return -EINVAL;
>>>
>>> -     memcpy_fromio(buf, b47s->window + from, len);
>>> +     if (from + len <= BCM47XXSFLASH_WINDOW_SIZE) {
>>> +             memcpy_fromio(buf, b47s->window + from, len);
>>
>> One last nit, what if the read starts < 16 MiB and ends > 16 MiB ?
>> Shouldn't that use partly the windowed mode and partly the other mode?
> 
> You'll lost 10ns*... or not as splitting it into 2 code paths could
> take longer, who knows. Most access are block aligned anyway. I don't
> think such corner case with doubtful gain is much worth considering &
> optimizing.

So you can also read the first 16 MiB using the new method , right ?

> * Statistic from my mind
> 


-- 
Best regards,
Marek Vasut



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