[PATCH V3] mtd: rawnand: qcom: update last code word register

[mdalam at codeaurora.org]

On 2021-01-29 03:41, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> mdalam at codeaurora.org wrote on Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:18:46 +0530:
> 
>> On 2021-01-14 21:23, Miquel Raynal wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Md Sadre Alam <mdalam at codeaurora.org> wrote on Sun, 10 Jan 2021
>> > 09:31:45 +0530:
>> >
>> >> From QPIC version 2.0 onwards new register got added to
>> >
>> >                                 a
>> >
>> >> read last codeword. This change will update the same.
>> >
>> >        the?           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> >                       Please reword this sentence.
>> 
>>    Fixed this in V4 patch.
>> >
>> >> For first three code word READ_LOCATION_n register will be
>> >> use.For last code word READ_LOCATION_LAST_CW_n register will be
>> >> use.
>> >
>> > "For the first three codewords, READ_LOCATION_n registers will be used.
>> > The last codeword register will be accessed through
>> > READ_LOCATION_LAST_CW_n."
>> >
>> > Also, please specify what these registers store.
>> 
>>    The location register is mainly use for reading controller
>>    buffer via BAM mode. The bits of the register 
>> "NAND_READ_LOCATION_LAST_CW_n, n=0..4"
>>    as follow:
> 
> Perhaps what I do not understand is: when is this "last_cw" register
> more useful than the previous set?

   From QPIC Version 2.0 onwards it is mandatory to use 
"NAND_READ_LOCATION_LAST_CW_n, n=0..4"
   register to extract last code word data from controller buffer. Using 
register "NAND_READ_LOCATION_n, n=0..4"
   we can extract all code words except last code word.
> 
>>    [9:0]-bits : (OFFSET) This bit defines the offset from the buffer 
>> base address to be picked up for DMA.
>>    [25:16]-bits: (SIZE) This bit of every register will define the 
>> size of the chunk for DMA.
>>    31-bit :      (LAST) If this bit is set, the controller takes the 
>> particular register to specify the last chunk
>>                        of data made available for DMA. This chunk is 
>> part of the internal buffer of the controller.
>> 
>> >
> 
> Thanks,
> Miquèl