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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-06-11 19:35:34 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-06-11 19:35:34 +0400
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Merge tag 'for-linus-20140610' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd
Pull MTD updates from Brian Norris: - refactor m25p80.c driver for use as a general SPI NOR framework for other drivers which may speak to SPI NOR flash without providing full SPI support (i.e., not part of drivers/spi/) - new Freescale QuadSPI driver (utilizing new SPI NOR framework) - updates for the STMicro "FSM" SPI NOR driver - fix sync/flush behavior on mtd_blkdevs - fixup subpage write support on a few NAND drivers - correct the MTD OOB test for odd-sized OOB areas - add BCH-16 support for OMAP NAND - fix warnings and trivial refactoring - utilize new ECC DT bindings in pxa3xx NAND driver - new LPDDR NVM driver - address a few assorted bugs caught by Coverity - add new imx6sx support for GPMI NAND - use a bounce buffer for NAND when non-DMA-able buffers are used * tag 'for-linus-20140610' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd: (77 commits) mtd: gpmi: add gpmi support for imx6sx mtd: maps: remove check for CONFIG_MTD_SUPERH_RESERVE mtd: bf5xx_nand: use the managed version of kzalloc mtd: pxa3xx_nand: make the driver work on big-endian systems mtd: nand: omap: fix omap_calculate_ecc_bch() for-loop error mtd: nand: r852: correct write_buf loop bounds mtd: nand_bbt: handle error case for nand_create_badblock_pattern() mtd: nand_bbt: remove unused variable mtd: maps: sc520cdp: fix warnings mtd: slram: fix unused variable warning mtd: pfow: remove unused variable mtd: lpddr: fix Kconfig dependency, for I/O accessors mtd: nand: pxa3xx: Add supported ECC strength and step size to the DT binding mtd: nand: pxa3xx: Use ECC strength and step size devicetree binding mtd: nand: pxa3xx: Clean pxa_ecc_init() error handling mtd: nand: Warn the user if the selected ECC strength is too weak mtd: nand: omap: Documentation: How to select correct ECC scheme for your device ? mtd: nand: omap: add support for BCH16_ECC - NAND driver updates mtd: nand: omap: add support for BCH16_ECC - ELM driver updates mtd: nand: omap: add support for BCH16_ECC - GPMC driver updates ...
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+ SPI NOR framework
+ ============================================
+
+Part I - Why do we need this framework?
+---------------------------------------
+
+SPI bus controllers (drivers/spi/) only deal with streams of bytes; the bus
+controller operates agnostic of the specific device attached. However, some
+controllers (such as Freescale's QuadSPI controller) cannot easily handle
+arbitrary streams of bytes, but rather are designed specifically for SPI NOR.
+
+In particular, Freescale's QuadSPI controller must know the NOR commands to
+find the right LUT sequence. Unfortunately, the SPI subsystem has no notion of
+opcodes, addresses, or data payloads; a SPI controller simply knows to send or
+receive bytes (Tx and Rx). Therefore, we must define a new layering scheme under
+which the controller driver is aware of the opcodes, addressing, and other
+details of the SPI NOR protocol.
+
+Part II - How does the framework work?
+--------------------------------------
+
+This framework just adds a new layer between the MTD and the SPI bus driver.
+With this new layer, the SPI NOR controller driver does not depend on the
+m25p80 code anymore.
+
+ Before this framework, the layer is like:
+
+ MTD
+ ------------------------
+ m25p80
+ ------------------------
+ SPI bus driver
+ ------------------------
+ SPI NOR chip
+
+ After this framework, the layer is like:
+ MTD
+ ------------------------
+ SPI NOR framework
+ ------------------------
+ m25p80
+ ------------------------
+ SPI bus driver
+ ------------------------
+ SPI NOR chip
+
+ With the SPI NOR controller driver (Freescale QuadSPI), it looks like:
+ MTD
+ ------------------------
+ SPI NOR framework
+ ------------------------
+ fsl-quadSPI
+ ------------------------
+ SPI NOR chip
+
+Part III - How can drivers use the framework?
+---------------------------------------------
+
+The main API is spi_nor_scan(). Before you call the hook, a driver should
+initialize the necessary fields for spi_nor{}. Please see
+drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c for detail. Please also refer to fsl-quadspi.c
+when you want to write a new driver for a SPI NOR controller.