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SubjectRE: [RFC PATCH 0/2] spi: add dual parallel & stacked mode support in Zynq MPSoC GQSPI controller
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Hi Mark,

> > What is dual parallel mode?
> > ---------------------------
> > ZynqMP GQSPI controller supports Dual Parallel mode with following
> functionalities:
> > 1) Supporting two SPI flash memories operating in parallel. 8 I/O lines.
> > 2) Chip selects and clock are shared to both the flash devices
> > 3) This mode is targeted for faster read/write speed and also doubles the size
> > 4) Commands/data can be transmitted/received from both the devices(mirror),
> > or only upper or only lower flash memory devices.
> > 5) Data arrangement:
> > With stripe enabled,
> > Even bytes i.e. 0, 2, 4,... are transmitted on Lower Data Bus
> > Odd bytes i.e. 1, 3, 5,.. are transmitted on Upper Data Bus.
>
> For the SPI code this just seems like SPI with an 8 bit data width.
>
> > What is stacked mode?
> > ---------------------
> > ZynqMP GQSPI controller supports stacked mode with following
> functionalities:
> > 1) The Generic Quad-SPI controller also supports two SPI flash memories
> > in a shared bus arrangement to reduce IO pin count.
> > 2) Separate chip select lines
> > 3) Shared I/O lines
> > 4) This mode is targeted for increasing the flash memory and no performance
> > improvement when compared with single.
>
> This is just a normal SPI controller from a SPI point of view.

How can we really represent the stacked mode in current configuration?

Thanks & Regards,
Ranjit


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