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From: Sourav Poddar <sourav.poddar@ti.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>,
	Trent Piepho <tpiepho@gmail.com>,
	balbi@ti.com,
	"linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	"spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net"
	<spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	computersforpeace@gmail.com, dwmw2@infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] spi/qspi: Add memory mapped read support.
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:47:45 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52567EC9.1020708@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131010101410.GG21581@sirena.org.uk>

On Thursday 10 October 2013 03:44 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 02:22:28PM +0530, Sourav Poddar wrote:
>
>> [Trent]: With mapping driver, I believe you are hinting at
>> drivers/mtd/maps? I had
>> a look at it and what I got is that it is used/suitable for parallel
>> flashes and not the
>> serial flashes.
> Essentially what it looks like this hardware is trying to do is adapt a
> serial flash so it looks more like a parallel flash.  It's not clear
> that this is a good idea if we are already able to understand serial
> flash though.
hmm..
one more point I want to add is that QSPI controller has
two parts to it:
1. SPI mode (used for SPI based external devices)
2. SFI mode (Serial flash interface) used for flash devices attached.
     Memory mapped mode is the one more applicable to the second one.


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From: Sourav Poddar <sourav.poddar@ti.com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>,
	Trent Piepho <tpiepho@gmail.com>,
	balbi@ti.com,
	"linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	"spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net"
	<spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	computersforpeace@gmail.com, dwmw2@infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] spi/qspi: Add memory mapped read support.
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:47:45 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52567EC9.1020708@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131010101410.GG21581@sirena.org.uk>

On Thursday 10 October 2013 03:44 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 02:22:28PM +0530, Sourav Poddar wrote:
>
>> [Trent]: With mapping driver, I believe you are hinting at
>> drivers/mtd/maps? I had
>> a look at it and what I got is that it is used/suitable for parallel
>> flashes and not the
>> serial flashes.
> Essentially what it looks like this hardware is trying to do is adapt a
> serial flash so it looks more like a parallel flash.  It's not clear
> that this is a good idea if we are already able to understand serial
> flash though.
hmm..
one more point I want to add is that QSPI controller has
two parts to it:
1. SPI mode (used for SPI based external devices)
2. SFI mode (Serial flash interface) used for flash devices attached.
     Memory mapped mode is the one more applicable to the second one.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-10 10:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 104+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-09 15:24 [PATCH 0/3]Add quad/memory mapped support for SPI flash Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 15:24 ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 15:24 ` [PATCH 1/3] spi/qspi: Add memory mapped read support Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 15:24   ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 16:07   ` Mark Brown
2013-10-09 16:07     ` Mark Brown
     [not found]     ` <20131009160759.GQ21581-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-09 16:54       ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 16:54         ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 17:40         ` Mark Brown
2013-10-09 17:40           ` Mark Brown
2013-10-09 18:15           ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 18:15             ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 18:41             ` Mark Brown
2013-10-09 18:41               ` Mark Brown
     [not found]           ` <20131009174027.GS21581-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-09 19:01             ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-10-09 19:01               ` Peter Korsgaard
2013-10-09 19:36               ` Mark Brown
2013-10-09 19:36                 ` Mark Brown
     [not found]               ` <87hacq1d5k.fsf-D6SC8u56vOOJDPpyT6T3/w@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-10  2:27                 ` Trent Piepho
2013-10-10  2:27                   ` Trent Piepho
2013-10-10  8:52                   ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-10  8:52                     ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-10 10:14                     ` Mark Brown
2013-10-10 10:14                       ` Mark Brown
2013-10-10 10:17                       ` Sourav Poddar [this message]
2013-10-10 10:17                         ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-10 11:08                       ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-10 11:08                         ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-11 10:08                         ` Mark Brown
2013-10-11 10:08                           ` Mark Brown
2013-10-15  6:06                           ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-15  6:06                             ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-15 11:16                             ` Mark Brown
2013-10-15 11:16                               ` Mark Brown
2013-10-15 11:49                               ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-15 11:49                                 ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-15 12:46                                 ` Mark Brown
2013-10-15 12:46                                   ` Mark Brown
     [not found]                                   ` <20131015124656.GM2443-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-15 13:23                                     ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-15 13:23                                       ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-15 15:53                                       ` Mark Brown
2013-10-15 15:53                                         ` Mark Brown
     [not found]                                       ` <525D41E2.30206-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-15 15:33                                         ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-15 15:33                                           ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-15 16:01                                           ` Mark Brown
2013-10-15 16:01                                             ` Mark Brown
2013-10-15 16:54                                             ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-15 16:54                                               ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-15 18:01                                         ` Brian Norris
2013-10-15 18:01                                           ` Brian Norris
2013-10-15 18:10                                           ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-15 18:10                                             ` Sourav Poddar
     [not found]                                           ` <20131015180142.GS23337-bU/DPfM3abD4WzifrMjOTkcViWtcw2C0@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-15 18:13                                             ` Trent Piepho
2013-10-15 18:13                                               ` Trent Piepho
2013-10-15 18:33                                               ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-15 18:33                                                 ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-15 20:52                                                 ` Mark Brown
2013-10-15 20:52                                                   ` Mark Brown
     [not found]                                                   ` <20131015205254.GX2443-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-15 21:03                                                     ` Trent Piepho
2013-10-15 21:03                                                       ` Trent Piepho
2013-10-15 22:10                                                       ` Mark Brown
2013-10-15 22:10                                                         ` Mark Brown
     [not found]                                                 ` <20980858CB6D3A4BAE95CA194937D5E73EA23640-yXqyApvAXouIQmiDNMet8wC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-17 12:24                                                   ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-17 12:24                                                     ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-17 12:38                                                     ` Mark Brown
2013-10-17 12:38                                                       ` Mark Brown
2013-10-17 13:03                                                       ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-17 13:03                                                         ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-17 23:42                                                         ` Mark Brown
2013-10-18  4:06                                                           ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-18  5:56                                                             ` Trent Piepho
2013-10-18  6:10                                                               ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-18  7:27                                                                 ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-18 10:31                                                                   ` Mark Brown
2013-10-18 11:48                                                                     ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-18 13:08                                                                       ` Mark Brown
2013-10-18 14:47                                                                         ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-15 20:59                                               ` Mark Brown
2013-10-15 20:59                                                 ` Mark Brown
     [not found]                     ` <52566ACC.1080100-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-11  9:30                       ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-11  9:30                         ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-10 10:10                   ` Mark Brown
2013-10-10 10:10                     ` Mark Brown
     [not found]                     ` <20131010101052.GF21581-GFdadSzt00ze9xe1eoZjHA@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-10 23:53                       ` Trent Piepho
2013-10-11  9:59                         ` Mark Brown
2013-10-11  9:59                           ` Mark Brown
2013-10-09 15:24 ` [PATCHv3 2/3] drivers: mtd: devices: Add quad " Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 15:24   ` Sourav Poddar
     [not found]   ` <1381332284-21822-3-git-send-email-sourav.poddar-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-09 18:15     ` Jagan Teki
2013-10-09 18:15       ` Jagan Teki
     [not found]       ` <CAD6G_RShZMkSpVzvXWEE0+sDX=pcnf7ndChndgDG5_T4EVL2vQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-10-11  7:10         ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-11  7:10           ` Gupta, Pekon
2013-10-24  1:06   ` Brian Norris
2013-10-24  5:44     ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-24  7:34       ` Brian Norris
2013-10-24  8:44         ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-24 17:07           ` Brian Norris
2013-10-24 17:55             ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 15:24 ` [RFC/PATCH 3/3] drivers: mtd: devices: Add memory mapped " Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 15:24   ` Sourav Poddar
2013-10-09 15:45   ` Mark Brown
2013-10-09 15:45     ` Mark Brown
2013-10-24  0:22 ` [PATCH 0/3]Add quad/memory mapped support for SPI flash Brian Norris
2013-10-24  4:51   ` Sourav Poddar

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