Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] spi: stm32_qspi: Add transfer_one_message() spi callback

From: Mark Brown
Date: Wed Aug 10 2022 - 09:57:46 EST


On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 03:52:39PM +0200, Patrice CHOTARD wrote:
> On 8/10/22 15:40, Mark Brown wrote:

> > Can't the controller figure this out by looking at the properties of the
> > connected devices? You'd need to just return an error if we ever
> > triggered transfer_one_message() on a device that can't support the
> > operation.

> It should be a solution.

> I just noticed another point, property parallel-memories is an array of uint64 which represent device's size.
> In case a FPGA is connected to the qspi 8 line bus, parallel-memories property will be set with what ?
> simply random value to make dtbs_check happy ?

> IMHO, adding a new proprietary property would be cleaner.

I tend to agree that this is all rather unclear for things that aren't
actually storage.

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