[PATCH] ARM: shmobile: alt: Add QSPI device to DT

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Tue Dec 1 00:06:17 PST 2015


Hi Simon,

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 09:34:10AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 7:13 AM, Simon Horman
>> <horms+renesas at verge.net.au> wrote:
>> > Enable the QSPI controller in the alt device tree.
>> >
>> > Based similar work for the silk board by by Vladimir Barinov and
>> > Sergei Shtylyov.
>> >
>> > Cc: Vladimir Barinov <vladimir.barinov at cogentembedded.com>
>> > Cc: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas at verge.net.au>
>>
>> Verified against Alt schematics and r8a7794 datasheet.
>>
>> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
>>
>> I can't verify the FLASH layout. Note that p.11 of
>> ALT_MiniMonitor_Manual(SPI_Boot)_Rev0.01_e.pdf shows a different
>> FLASH layout for the second and third partition.
>
> Thanks. I see the following in v1.9.6 of the BSP[1]. Is it
> the same as the document you referred to above?
>
>
>                 partition at 0 {
>                         label = "loader";
>                         reg = <0x00000000 0x00080000>;
>                         read-only;
>                 };
>                 partition at 40000 {
>                         label = "user";
>                         reg = <0x00080000 0x00580000>;
>                         read-only;
>                 };
>                 partition at 440000 {
>                         label = "flash";
>                         reg = <0x00600000 0x03a00000>;
>                 };
>
>
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/horms/renesas-backport.git/tree/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7794-alt.dts?h=rcar-gen2/v1.9.6&id=e1acbe074f36d96e901bf5346c50ee51da2ced42#n379

No, the document specifies 3 partitions:
  - SA0: loader program area, 16 KiB,
  - SA1: System area, 16 KiB,
  - SA2: User program area, remainder.

FWIW, the unit addresses in the device nodes above are not consistent
with their reg properties.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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