Re: [PATCH v5 05/12] mtd: pxa3xx_nand: rework flash detection and timing setup

From: Ezequiel Garcia
Date: Wed May 20 2015 - 09:59:50 EST




On 05/20/2015 10:55 AM, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 06:23:23PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
>> On 05/12/2015 11:39 AM, Antoine Tenart wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 07:10:56PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 05/11/2015 11:58 AM, Antoine Tenart wrote:
>>>> [..]
>>>>> -
>>>>> - /* calculate flash information */
>>>>> - host->read_id_bytes = (f->page_size == 2048) ? 4 : 2;
>>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> [..]
>>>>> @@ -1732,6 +1669,7 @@ static int alloc_nand_resource(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>>> host->mtd = mtd;
>>>>> host->cs = cs;
>>>>> host->info_data = info;
>>>>> + host->read_id_bytes = 4;
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure this is correct? The value is set according to the page
>>>> size before this patch.
>>>
>>> Before reading the ID, the pxa3xx driver uses a default configuration,
>>> builtin_flash_types[0], which defines a page size of 2048 leading to set
>>> host->read_id_bytes to 4.
>>>
>>> I'm using this default value here.
>>>
>>> There might be an issue, as host->read_id_bytes isn't updated after
>>> reading the ID (and getting the actual page size). I don't know if this
>>> can be a problem. I can modify pxa3xx_nand_config_flash() to update
>>> host->read_id_bytes if needed. What do you think?
>>>
>>
>> Well, once the device is detected, READ_ID shouldn't be used, so I'm not
>> sure what's the point of that.
>
> I don't think there's a need to update read_id_bytes once the device is
> detected. Why don't we stay with 4?
>

Sure, that's exactly what I was saying.

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