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Re: [PATCH v7, 2/3] mtd: nand: jz4780: driver for NAND devices on JZ4780 SoCs

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Hi Harvey,

On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:28:59 +0000
Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@imgtec.com> wrote:


> >> +/* Timeout for BCH calculation/correction in microseconds. */
> >> +#define BCH_TIMEOUT			100000
> >
> > Suffixing the macro name with _MS would make it clearer.
> 
> Do you mean _US?

Yes.



> >> +static void jz4780_nand_select_chip(struct mtd_info *mtd, int chipnr)
> >> +{
> >> +	struct jz4780_nand *nand = to_jz4780_nand(mtd);
> >> +	struct jz4780_nand_chip *chip;
> >> +
> >> +	if (chipnr == -1) {
> >> +		/* Ensure the currently selected chip is deasserted. */
> >> +		if (nand->selected >= 0) {
> >> +			chip = &nand->chips[nand->selected];
> >> +			jz4780_nemc_assert(nand->dev, chip->bank, false);
> >> +		}
> >> +	} else {
> >> +		chip = &nand->chips[chipnr];
> >> +		nand->chip.IO_ADDR_R = chip->base + OFFSET_DATA;
> >> +		nand->chip.IO_ADDR_W = chip->base + OFFSET_DATA;
> >
> > How about providing helper functions that would use the nand->selected
> > + chips information to access the correct set of registers instead of
> > adapting IO_ADDR_R/IO_ADDR_W values?
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean - are you suggesting something such as:
> 
> u8 *jz4780_nand_read_io_line(struct jz4780_nand *nand, unsigned int off)
> {
> 	return readb(&nand->chips[nand->selected]->base + off);
> }
> 
> Does the NAND core code not make use of IO_ADDR_{W,R}?

Right, I missed that. It's used to implement the default
nand_read/write_buf/byte/word() functions, but I still think it would be
preferable to implement your own read/write_xxx() functions than using
those fields, but that's up to you.

Best Regards,

Boris

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Re: [PATCH v7, 2/3] mtd: nand: jz4780: driver for NAND devices on  JZ4780 SoCs Harvey Hunt <harvey.hunt@imgtec.com> - 2015-11-17 17:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v7, 2/3] mtd: nand: jz4780: driver for NAND devices on  JZ4780 SoCs Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> - 2015-11-17 20:10 +0100

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