Re: [PATCH 2/2] memory: ti-aemif: add bindings for AEMIF driver

From: Grygorii Strashko
Date: Fri Nov 29 2013 - 10:02:39 EST


Hi Jean-Christophe,

On 11/22/2013 08:42 PM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 21:03 Wed 20 Nov , ivan.khoronzhuk wrote:
>> On 11/20/2013 08:21 PM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
>>>> + the chip select signal.
>>>> + Minimum value is 1 (0 treated as 1).
>>>> +
>>>> +- ti,cs-wsetup: write setup width, ns
>>>> + Time between the beginning of a memory cycle
>>>> + and the activation of write strobe.
>>>> + Minimum value is 1 (0 treated as 1).
>>>> +
>>>> +- ti,cs-wstrobe: write strobe width, ns
>>>> + Time between the activation and deactivation of
>>>> + the write strobe.
>>>> + Minimum value is 1 (0 treated as 1).
>>>> +
>>>> +- ti,cs-whold: write hold width, ns
>>>> + Time between the deactivation of the write
>>>> + strobe and the end of the cycle (which may be
>>>> + either an address change or the deactivation of
>>>> + the chip select signal.
>>>> + Minimum value is 1 (0 treated as 1).
>>>> +
>>>> +If any of the above parameters are absent, current parameter value will be taken
>>>> +from the corresponding HW reg.
>>>> +
>>>> +The name for cs node must be in format csN, where N is the cs number.
>>>
>>> this is wired we should use reg instead to represent the cs as done for SPI
>>> or a an other property
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> J.
>>>
>>
>> Ok, I will add new property cs-chipselect like following :
>>
>> ti,cs-chipselect: number of chipselect. Indicates on the
>> aemif driver which chipselect is used
>> for accessing the memory.
>> For compatibles "ti,davinci-aemif" and
>> "ti,keystone-aemif" it can be in range [0-3].
>> For compatible "ti,omap-L138-aemif" range is [2-5].
>>
>> Is it OK?
>
> yes
>
> I just have one issue the whole memory concept
>
> for me we should do as done on pinctrl have a phandle on the device that
> require it and handle it at device core level
>
> as the memory controller is not necessarely on the same bus as the memory
> device them selves

Could you clarify your point a bit, pls?
Are you talking about external ASRAM, NOR and NAND chips wired to CS interface?

Regards,
- grygorii

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