[PATCH v3 05/14] mtd: rawnand: check ONFI timings have been acked by the chip

[Boris Brezillon]

On Fri,  2 Mar 2018 15:24:13 +0100
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com> wrote:

> Choosing ONFI timings when ->set/get_features() calls are supported
> by the NAND chip is a matter of reading the chip's ONFI parameter page
> and telling the chip the chosen mode (between all of the supported ones)
> with ->set_feature().
> 
> Add a check on whether the chip "acked" the timing mode or not.
> 
> This can be a problem for NAND chips that do not follow entirely the
> ONFI specification. These chips actually support other modes than
> "mode 0", but do not update the parameter page once a timing mode has

				   ^ s/parameter page/timing mode
register/

> been selected.

To be honest, I don't think this is the problem here. I guess those
chips simply don't support the TIMING_MODE feature (so the problem
arise at SET_FEATURES time, no GET_FEATURES) and thus don't require
users to change the timing mode at all.

> This issue will be addressed in another patch that will
> add the feature to overwrite NAND chips features within the parameter
> page, from the NAND chip driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
> Tested-by: Han Xu <han.xu at nxp.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
> index 8e48f08d8496..47f77e846edc 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
> @@ -1237,11 +1237,42 @@ static int nand_setup_data_interface(struct nand_chip *chip, int chipnr)
>  					 tmode_param);
>  		chip->select_chip(mtd, -1);
>  		if (ret)
> -			goto err;
> +			return ret;
>  	}
>  
>  	ret = chip->setup_data_interface(mtd, chipnr, &chip->data_interface);
> -err:
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (chip->onfi_version &&
> +	    (le16_to_cpu(chip->onfi_params.opt_cmd) &
> +	     ONFI_OPT_CMD_SET_GET_FEATURES)) {
> +		u8 tmode_param[ONFI_SUBFEATURE_PARAM_LEN] = {};
> +
> +		chip->select_chip(mtd, chipnr);
> +		ret = chip->get_features(mtd, chip,
> +					 ONFI_FEATURE_ADDR_TIMING_MODE,
> +					 tmode_param);
> +		chip->select_chip(mtd, -1);
> +		if (ret)
> +			goto err_reset_chip;
> +
> +		if (tmode_param[0] != chip->onfi_timing_mode_default) {
> +			pr_warn("timings mode %d not acknowledged by the NAND chip\n",
> +				chip->onfi_timing_mode_default);
> +			goto err_reset_chip;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +err_reset_chip:
> +	/* Fallback to timing mode 0 */
> +	nand_reset_data_interface(chip, chipnr);
> +	chip->select_chip(mtd, chipnr);
> +	nand_reset_op(chip);
> +	chip->select_chip(mtd, -1);
> +
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  



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Boris Brezillon, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com