Re: [PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: clear Extended Address Reg on switch to 3-byte addressing.

[Marek Vasut]

On 04/08/2018 09:04 AM, NeilBrown wrote:
> 
> According to section
>    8.2.7 Write Extended Address Register (C5h)
> 
> of the Winbond W25Q256FV data sheet (256M-BIT SPI flash)
> 
>    The Extended Address Register is only effective when the device is
>    in the 3-Byte Address Mode.  When the device operates in the 4-Byte
>    Address Mode (ADS=1), any command with address input of A31-A24
>    will replace the Extended Address Register values. It is
>    recommended to check and update the Extended Address Register if
>    necessary when the device is switched from 4-Byte to 3-Byte Address
>    Mode.
> 
> This patch adds code to implement that recommendation.  Without this,
> my GNUBEE-PC1 will not successfully reboot, as the Extended Address
> Register is left with a value of '1'. When the SOC attempts to read
> (in 3-byte address mode) the boot loader, it reads from the wrong
> location.

Your board is broken by design and does not implement proper reset logic
for the SPI NOR chip, right ? That is, when the CPU resets, the SPI NOR
is left in some random undefined state instead of being reset too, yes?

Doesn't this chip support 4-byte addressing opcodes ? If so, we should
use those and keep the chip in 3-byte addressing mode. Would that work?

> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h   |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> index d445a4d3b770..c303bf0d2982 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> @@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ static inline int set_4byte(struct spi_nor *nor, const struct flash_info *info,
>  	int status;
>  	bool need_wren = false;
>  	u8 cmd;
> +	u8 val;
>  
>  	switch (JEDEC_MFR(info)) {
>  	case SNOR_MFR_MICRON:
> @@ -283,6 +284,15 @@ static inline int set_4byte(struct spi_nor *nor, const struct flash_info *info,
>  		status = nor->write_reg(nor, cmd, NULL, 0);
>  		if (need_wren)
>  			write_disable(nor);
> +		if (!status && !enable &&
> +		    nor->read_reg(nor, SPINOR_OP_RDXA, &val, 1) == 0 &&
> +		    val != 0) {
> +			/* need to reset the Extended Address Register */
> +			write_enable(nor);
> +			val = 0;
> +			nor->write_reg(nor, SPINOR_OP_WRXA, &val, 1);
> +			write_disable(nor);
> +		}
>  
>  		return status;
>  	default:
> diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h b/include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h
> index de36969eb359..42954419cfdf 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h
> @@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
>  #define SPINOR_OP_RDCR		0x35	/* Read configuration register */
>  #define SPINOR_OP_RDFSR		0x70	/* Read flag status register */
>  #define SPINOR_OP_CLFSR		0x50	/* Clear flag status register */
> +#define SPINOR_OP_RDXA		0xc8	/* Read Extended Address Register */
> +#define SPINOR_OP_WRXA		0xc5	/* Write Extended Address Register */
>  
>  /* 4-byte address opcodes - used on Spansion and some Macronix flashes. */
>  #define SPINOR_OP_READ_4B	0x13	/* Read data bytes (low frequency) */
> 


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Best regards,
Marek Vasut