linux/drivers/mtd
Brian Norris 87c9511fba mtd: m25p80: utilize dedicated 4-byte addressing commands
Traditionally, the command set used by SPI flash only supported a 3-byte
address. However, large SPI flash (>= 32MiB, or 256Mib) require 4 bytes
to address the entire flash. Most manufacturers have supplied a mode
switch (via a "bank register writer", or a "enable 4-byte mode"
command), which tells the flash to expect 4 address cycles from now on,
instead of 3. This mode remains until power is cut, the reset line is
triggered (on packages where present), or a command is sent to reset the
flash or to reset the 3-byte addressing mode.

As an alternative, some flash manufacturers have developed a new command
set that accept a full 4-byte address. They can be used orthogonally to
any of the modes; that is, they can be used when the flash is in either
3-byte or 4-byte address mode.

Now, there are a number of reasons why the "stateful" 4-byte address
mode switch may not be acceptable. For instance, some SoC's perform a
dumb boot sequence in which they only send 3-byte read commands to the
flash. However, if an unexpected reset occurs, the flash chip cannot be
guaranteed to return to its 3-byte mode. Thus, the SoC controller and
flash will not understand each other. (One might consider hooking up the
aforementioned reset pin to the system reset line so that any system
reset will reset the flash to 3-byte mode, but some packages do not
provide this pin. And in some other packages, one must choose between
having a reset pin and having enough pins for 4-output QSPI support.
It is an error prone process choosing a flash that will support a
hardware reset pin!)

This patch provides support for the new stateless command set, so that
we can avoid the problems that come with a stateful addressing mode
change. The flash can be left in "3-byte mode" while still accessing the
entire flash.

Note that Spansion supports this command set on all its large flash
(e.g, S25FL512S), and Macronix has begun supporting this command set on
some new flash (e.g., MX25L25635F). For the moment, I don't know how to
differentiate the Macronix that don't support this command set (e.g.,
MX25L25635E) from those that do, so this patch only supports Spansion.

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
2013-08-05 20:43:51 +01:00
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chips mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: print @adr when write timeout occurs 2013-08-05 19:00:34 +01:00
devices mtd: m25p80: utilize dedicated 4-byte addressing commands 2013-08-05 20:43:51 +01:00
lpddr mtd: lpddr: replace open-coded ARRAY_SIZE with macro 2012-05-13 22:47:31 -05:00
maps ARM: clps711x: autcpu12: Special driver for handling memory is removed 2013-06-11 15:47:23 -07:00
nand mtd: fsl_ifc_nand: set NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE 2013-08-05 19:09:39 +01:00
onenand - Lots of cleanups from Artem, including deletion of some obsolete drivers 2013-05-09 10:15:46 -07:00
tests Fairly unexciting MTD merge for 3.9: 2013-03-02 16:33:54 -08:00
ubi A couple of fixes and clean-ups, allow for assigning user-defined 2013-07-05 12:09:48 -07:00
afs.c mtd: introduce mtd_read interface 2012-01-09 18:25:19 +00:00
ar7part.c mtd: Allow removal of partitioning modules 2013-02-04 09:27:33 +02:00
bcm47xxpart.c mtd: bcm47xxpart: look for NVRAM at the end of device 2013-03-08 11:36:00 +00:00
bcm63xxpart.c mtd: bcm63xxpart: use nvram for PSI size 2013-08-05 18:59:34 +01:00
cmdlinepart.c mtd: Allow removal of partitioning modules 2013-02-04 09:27:33 +02:00
ftl.c mtd: do not use mtd->sync directly 2012-01-09 18:26:21 +00:00
inftlcore.c mtd: add leading underscore to all mtd functions 2012-03-27 00:20:01 +01:00
inftlmount.c mtd: introduce mtd_block_markbad interface 2012-01-09 18:25:48 +00:00
Kconfig mtd: merge mtdchar module with mtdcore 2013-04-05 13:16:54 +01:00
Makefile mtd: merge mtdchar module with mtdcore 2013-04-05 13:16:54 +01:00
mtd_blkdevs.c block_device_operations->release() should return void 2013-05-07 02:16:21 -04:00
mtdblock_ro.c mtd: introduce mtd_write interface 2012-01-09 18:25:20 +00:00
mtdblock.c mtd_blktrans_ops->release() should return void 2013-05-05 21:31:22 -04:00
mtdchar.c mtdchar: switch to fixed_size_llseek() 2013-06-29 12:57:27 +04:00
mtdconcat.c mtd: unify initialization of erase_info->fail_addr 2012-03-27 01:02:24 +01:00
mtdcore.c drivers: avoid format string in dev_set_name 2013-07-03 16:07:41 -07:00
mtdcore.h mtd: merge mtdchar module with mtdcore 2013-04-05 13:16:54 +01:00
mtdoops.c mtdoops: don't erase flash at each boot 2012-11-15 15:37:51 +02:00
mtdpart.c mtd: mtdcore: use const qualifier 2013-04-05 13:04:27 +01:00
mtdsuper.c VFS: Pass mount flags to sget() 2012-07-14 16:38:34 +04:00
mtdswap.c mtd: do not use mtd->block_markbad directly 2012-01-09 18:26:26 +00:00
nftlcore.c mtd: nftlcore: remove out-of-date and now irrelevant piece of code 2012-03-27 00:24:03 +01:00
nftlmount.c mtd: introduce mtd_block_markbad interface 2012-01-09 18:25:48 +00:00
ofpart.c mtd: ofpart: support partitions of 4 GiB and larger 2013-04-05 12:05:53 +01:00
redboot.c mtd: redboot: remove useless code 2012-03-27 00:24:14 +01:00
rfd_ftl.c mtd: do not use mtd->sync directly 2012-01-09 18:26:21 +00:00
sm_ftl.c mtd_blktrans_ops->release() should return void 2013-05-05 21:31:22 -04:00
sm_ftl.h
ssfdc.c mtd: introduce mtd_block_isbad interface 2012-01-09 18:25:47 +00:00