[PATCH v2 0/3] mtd:nor:ppb_unlock fixes

Boris Brezillon boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com
Tue May 30 02:59:59 PDT 2017


Hi Honza,

On Tue, 30 May 2017 11:51:07 +0200
Honza Petrouš <jpetrous at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Boris,
> as you advised I come back with v2 patch, now it is the series
> of three fixes I found them during the testing of the original fix.

Just a few things before I start reviewing the patches:

1/ commit title prefix should be "mtd: cfi: " not "mtd:nor:"
2/ Don't know how you send your patches, but patches 1 to 3 should be
   "In-Reply-To" your cover letter, which is not the case here.
   Normally, git send-email does that automatically.

> 
> From the fixes it is evident that PPB unlocking is not so much
> widely used. What is understandable as usually the flashing
> is done in bootloader. At least in projects I was involved before.
> 
> Anyway, I can say I tested the code only on one-flashchip
> configuration, so I'm not 100% sure if all will be ok with multichip
> setting. All my old embedded boards have unfortunatelly only
> one nor chip.
> 
> As I noted already, the original issue was very slow unlocking
> on Spansion S29GL01GS, what led in really horrible timing,
> sometimes in minutes! With the fix (when only one chip unlock
> cmd is used) the operation returns to the "standard" behaviour
> whats make the whole system happy again.
> 
> BR.
> /Honza




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