From: Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@gmail.com>
To: "Ardelean, Alexandru" <alexandru.Ardelean@analog.com>
Cc: "Hennerich, Michael" <Michael.Hennerich@analog.com>,
"lars@metafoo.de" <lars@metafoo.de>,
"jic23@kernel.org" <jic23@kernel.org>,
"pmeerw@pmeerw.net" <pmeerw@pmeerw.net>,
"knaack.h@gmx.de" <knaack.h@gmx.de>,
"linux-iio@vger.kernel.org" <linux-iio@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] iio: ad7949: fix SPI xfer delays
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:23:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN8YU5MBKsFyjbpWw5w41kerQwkOois_AU1OuV6aNX1_3LmSBQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <794eb574e4bc9cb4f0b2723d72baeb8f63c07283.camel@analog.com>
Il giorno ven 13 set 2019 alle ore 09:00 Ardelean, Alexandru
<alexandru.Ardelean@analog.com> ha scritto:
>
> On Thu, 2019-09-12 at 16:43 +0200, Andrea Merello wrote:
> > [External]
> >
> > The driver calls udelay(2) after each SPI xfer. However, according to
> > the specifications, the SPI timing should be as follows:
> >
> > 1- The end of SPI xfer (CNV/CS rising edge) causes the device to initiate
> > the conversion phase, which takes up to 2.2uS.
>
> Yes, but there does not seem to be a minimum time for conversion.
> ( 2.2 uS is the max value )
>
> This can be confusing a bit (I know).
> If you do see issues with 2 uS, we can probably try 3 uS (+1 uS which is roughly half the max value).
> Though, we are already gaining min 200 nS from the fact that the acquisition time is 1.8 uS and the delay is 2 uS.
>
> But if there aren't any visible issues, I would leave 2 uS.
> Increasing this delay can annoy people that would like to have some speed when reading samples.
I admit that I got some hard time trying to fully understand the
timing specifications; so it's perfectly possible that I've got
something wrong here.. My interpretation was that the HW takes up to
2.2uS (thus it's a max value, as you said) and, since we are not using
the busy indication to check when the HW really finished, I stayed on
the safe side.
I've done this change while I was searching for the cause of some
reading issues that turned out to be actually fixed with the last
patch of the series, so I have no real evidence of issues caused by
the 2uS delay. However, if I understood correctly the datasheet, the
effect of performing an early SPI xfer during the conversion phase -
specifically if it happens after tDATA and before EndOfConversion -
might be mild, so not it might be not obvious to notice (maybe affects
just LSBs) it with my basic testing. Quoting the datasheet: "The time
between tDATA and tCONV is a safe time when digital activity should
not occur, or sensitive bit decisions may be corrupted. "..
> I know 1-2 uS isn't much of a performance killer, but if there aren't reasons to change it, I wouldn't.
I guess you know the HW by far better than me, so if you say that 2uS
is OK then I will not insist anymore here :)
>
> >
> > 2- At the end of the conversion phase, the device starts the acquisition
> > phase for the next conversion automatically (regardless to the state of
> > CNV pin); the conversion phase should last at least 1.8 uS
> >
> > The whole cycle timing is thus 4uS long. The SPI data is read during the
> > acquisition phase (RAC mode, no need to worry about "Tdata").
> >
> > In order to be compliant wrt these timing specifications we should wait
> > 4uS after each SPI xfer (that is conservative, because there is also the
> > SPI xfer duration itself - which at the maximum supported clock should be
> > about 320nS).
> >
> > This patch enlarges the delay up to 4uS and it also removes the explicit
> > calls to udelay(), relying on spi_transfer->delay_usecs.
> >
>
> I like the switch from explicit udelay() to spi_transfer->delay_usecs.
> The code looks cleaner.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/iio/adc/ad7949.c | 13 ++-----------
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7949.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7949.c
> > index 5c2b3446fa4a..25d1e1b24257 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7949.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7949.c
> > @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static int ad7949_spi_write_cfg(struct ad7949_adc_chip *ad7949_adc, u16 val,
> > .tx_buf = &ad7949_adc->buffer,
> > .len = 2,
> > .bits_per_word = bits_per_word,
> > + .delay_usecs = 4,
> > },
> > };
> >
> > @@ -77,11 +78,6 @@ static int ad7949_spi_write_cfg(struct ad7949_adc_chip *ad7949_adc, u16 val,
> > spi_message_init_with_transfers(&msg, tx, 1);
> > ret = spi_sync(ad7949_adc->spi, &msg);
> >
> > - /*
> > - * This delay is to avoid a new request before the required time to
> > - * send a new command to the device
> > - */
> > - udelay(2);
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -97,6 +93,7 @@ static int ad7949_spi_read_channel(struct ad7949_adc_chip *ad7949_adc, int *val,
> > .rx_buf = &ad7949_adc->buffer,
> > .len = 2,
> > .bits_per_word = bits_per_word,
> > + .delay_usecs = 4,
> > },
> > };
> >
> > @@ -112,12 +109,6 @@ static int ad7949_spi_read_channel(struct ad7949_adc_chip *ad7949_adc, int *val,
> > if (ret)
> > return ret;
> >
> > - /*
> > - * This delay is to avoid a new request before the required time to
> > - * send a new command to the device
> > - */
> > - udelay(2);
> > -
> > ad7949_adc->current_channel = channel;
> >
> > *val = ad7949_adc->buffer & mask;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-13 8:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-12 14:43 [PATCH 0/4] Fixes for ad7949 Andrea Merello
2019-09-12 14:43 ` [PATCH 1/4] iio: ad7949: kill pointless "readback"-handling code Andrea Merello
2019-09-13 6:37 ` Ardelean, Alexandru
2019-09-15 10:26 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-09-12 14:43 ` [PATCH 2/4] iio: ad7949: fix incorrect SPI xfer len Andrea Merello
2019-09-13 6:46 ` Ardelean, Alexandru
2019-09-13 7:56 ` Andrea Merello
2019-09-13 8:28 ` Ardelean, Alexandru
2019-09-15 10:36 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-09-16 7:51 ` Ardelean, Alexandru
2019-09-21 17:16 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-09-12 14:43 ` [PATCH 3/4] iio: ad7949: fix SPI xfer delays Andrea Merello
2019-09-13 6:59 ` Ardelean, Alexandru
2019-09-13 8:23 ` Andrea Merello [this message]
2019-09-13 8:43 ` Ardelean, Alexandru
2019-09-12 14:43 ` [PATCH 4/4] iio: ad7949: fix channels mixups Andrea Merello
2019-09-13 7:19 ` Ardelean, Alexandru
2019-09-13 8:30 ` Andrea Merello
2019-09-13 11:30 ` Couret Charles-Antoine
2019-09-13 11:40 ` Andrea Merello
2019-09-20 7:45 ` Andrea Merello
2019-09-21 17:12 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-09-23 8:21 ` Andrea Merello
2019-10-05 9:55 ` Jonathan Cameron
[not found] ` <CAN8YU5PRO5Y5EeEj2SZGm5XfuKSB1rtS7nKdu6wWxXYDOfexqw@mail.gmail.com>
2019-10-22 8:56 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-11-04 14:12 ` Andrea Merello
2019-11-09 11:58 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-11-12 15:09 ` Couret Charles-Antoine
2019-12-02 14:13 ` [v2] " Andrea Merello
2019-12-02 15:36 ` Couret Charles-Antoine
2019-12-04 11:06 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-12-04 11:13 ` Couret Charles-Antoine
2019-12-06 16:45 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-09-13 7:24 ` [PATCH 0/4] Fixes for ad7949 Ardelean, Alexandru
2019-09-13 14:00 ` Couret Charles-Antoine
2019-09-15 10:49 ` Jonathan Cameron
2019-09-16 7:39 ` Andrea Merello
2019-09-16 7:48 ` Ardelean, Alexandru
2019-09-16 7:50 ` Ardelean, Alexandru
2019-09-16 7:34 ` Andrea Merello
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