[PATCH 4/4] spi: s3c64xx: Fix large transfers with DMA

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org
Mon Sep 19 02:43:16 PDT 2022


On 16/09/2022 13:39, Vincent Whitchurch wrote:
> The COUNT_VALUE in the PACKET_CNT register is 16-bit so the maximum
> value is 65535.  Asking the driver to transfer a larger size currently
> leads to the DMA transfer timing out.  Fix this by splitting the
> transfer as needed.
> 
> With this, the len>64 KiB tests in spi-loopback-test pass.
> 
> (Note that len==64 KiB tests work even without this patch for some reason.
>  The driver programs 0 to the COUNT_VALUE field in that case, but it's
>  unclear if it's by design, since the hardware documentation doesn't say
>  anything about the behaviour when COUNT_VALUE == 0, so play it safe and
>  split at 65535.)
> 
> Fixes: 230d42d422e7b69 ("spi: Add s3c64xx SPI Controller driver")
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch at axis.com>


Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at linaro.org>


Best regards,
Krzysztof



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