From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932239AbcAHQCX (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:02:23 -0500 Received: from eusmtp01.atmel.com ([212.144.249.243]:17417 "EHLO eusmtp01.atmel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755559AbcAHQCW (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:02:22 -0500 From: Cyrille Pitchen To: , CC: , , , , , , , , , , , , Cyrille Pitchen Subject: [PATCH linux-next v2 01/14] mtd: spi-nor: remove micron_quad_enable() Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 17:02:13 +0100 Message-ID: <6177f7317fe11922e1d1b6dc4548afbaf0ccebdd.1452268345.git.cyrille.pitchen@atmel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.2.2 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This patch remove the micron_quad_enable() function which force the Quad SPI mode. However, once this mode is enabled, the Micron memory expect ALL commands to use the SPI 4-4-4 protocol. Hence a failure does occur when calling spi_nor_wait_till_ready() right after the update of the Enhanced Volatile Configuration Register (EVCR) in the micron_quad_enable() as the SPI controller driver is not aware about the protocol change. Since there is almost no performance increase using Fast Read 4-4-4 commands instead of Fast Read 1-1-4 commands, we rather keep on using the Extended SPI mode than enabling the Quad SPI mode. Let's take the example of the pretty standard use of 8 dummy cycles during Fast Read operations on 64KB erase sectors: Fast Read 1-1-4 requires 8 cycles for the command, then 24 cycles for the 3byte address followed by 8 dummy clock cycles and finally 65536*2 cycles for the read data; so 131112 clock cycles. On the other hand the Fast Read 4-4-4 would require 2 cycles for the command, then 6 cycles for the 3byte address followed by 8 dummy clock cycles and finally 65536*2 cycles for the read data. So 131088 clock cycles. The theorical bandwidth increase is 0.0%. Now using Fast Read operations on 512byte pages: Fast Read 1-1-4 needs 8+24+8+(512*2) = 1064 clock cycles whereas Fast Read 4-4-4 would requires 2+6+8+(512*2) = 1040 clock cycles. Hence the theorical bandwidth increase is 2.3%. Consecutive reads for non sequential pages is not a relevant use case so The Quad SPI mode is not worth it. mtd_speedtest seems to confirm these figures. Signed-off-by: Cyrille Pitchen Fixes: 548cd3ab54da ("mtd: spi-nor: Add quad I/O support for Micron SPI NOR") --- drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c | 46 +------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 45 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c index ed0c19c558b5..3028c06547c1 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c @@ -1100,45 +1100,6 @@ static int spansion_quad_enable(struct spi_nor *nor) return 0; } -static int micron_quad_enable(struct spi_nor *nor) -{ - int ret; - u8 val; - - ret = nor->read_reg(nor, SPINOR_OP_RD_EVCR, &val, 1); - if (ret < 0) { - dev_err(nor->dev, "error %d reading EVCR\n", ret); - return ret; - } - - write_enable(nor); - - /* set EVCR, enable quad I/O */ - nor->cmd_buf[0] = val & ~EVCR_QUAD_EN_MICRON; - ret = nor->write_reg(nor, SPINOR_OP_WD_EVCR, nor->cmd_buf, 1); - if (ret < 0) { - dev_err(nor->dev, "error while writing EVCR register\n"); - return ret; - } - - ret = spi_nor_wait_till_ready(nor); - if (ret) - return ret; - - /* read EVCR and check it */ - ret = nor->read_reg(nor, SPINOR_OP_RD_EVCR, &val, 1); - if (ret < 0) { - dev_err(nor->dev, "error %d reading EVCR\n", ret); - return ret; - } - if (val & EVCR_QUAD_EN_MICRON) { - dev_err(nor->dev, "Micron EVCR Quad bit not clear\n"); - return -EINVAL; - } - - return 0; -} - static int set_quad_mode(struct spi_nor *nor, const struct flash_info *info) { int status; @@ -1152,12 +1113,7 @@ static int set_quad_mode(struct spi_nor *nor, const struct flash_info *info) } return status; case SNOR_MFR_MICRON: - status = micron_quad_enable(nor); - if (status) { - dev_err(nor->dev, "Micron quad-read not enabled\n"); - return -EINVAL; - } - return status; + return 0; default: status = spansion_quad_enable(nor); if (status) { -- 1.8.2.2