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SubjectRE: [PATCH 0/4] spi: add support for octal mode data transfer
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Hi Vignesh,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vignesh R [mailto:vigneshr@ti.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2018 2:52 PM
> To: Yogesh Narayan Gaur <yogeshnarayan.gaur@nxp.com>; linux-
> mtd@lists.infradead.org; boris.brezillon@bootlin.com; marek.vasut@gmail.com;
> linux-spi@vger.kernel.org; devicetree@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: robh@kernel.org; mark.rutland@arm.com; shawnguo@kernel.org; linux-
> arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; computersforpeace@gmail.com;
> frieder.schrempf@exceet.de; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] spi: add support for octal mode data transfer
>
> Hi Yogesh,
>
> On Thursday 04 October 2018 02:18 PM, Yogesh Gaur wrote:
> > Add support for octal mode IO data transfer.
> > Micron flash, mt35xu512aba, supports octal mode data transfer and NXP
> > FlexSPI controller supports 8 data lines for data transfer (Rx/Tx).
> >
> > Patch series
> > * Add support for octal mode flags and parsing of same in spi driver.
> > * Add octal data communication commands required for mt35xu512aba [1]
> flash.
> > * Add support for Read and Write proto for (1-1-8/1-8-8) mode.
> > * Add mode bit required for octal mode in nxp-fspi driver [2].
> > * Define binding property 'spi-rx/tx-bus-width' for LX2160ARDB target [2].
> >
> > Tested on LX2160ARDB target with nxp-fspi driver, below are Read
> > performance number of 1-1-1 and 1-1-8 read protocol.
> >
> > root@lxxx:~# cat /proc/mtd
> > dev: size erasesize name
> > mtd0: 04000000 00001000 "spi0.0"
> > mtd1: 04000000 00001000 "spi0.1"
> > root@lxxx:~# time mtd_debug read /dev/mtd0 0x0 0x1000000 0read
> > Copied 16777216 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to 0read
> >
> > real 0m2.792s
> > user 0m0.000s
> > sys 0m2.790s
> > root@lxxx:~# time mtd_debug read /dev/mtd1 0x0 0x1000000 0read
> > Copied 16777216 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to 0read
> >
> > real 0m0.441s
> > user 0m0.000s
> > sys 0m0.440s
> > root@ls1012ardb:~#
> >
> > Flash device MTD0 configured in 1-1-1 protocol.
> > Flash device MTD1 configured in 1-1-8 protocol.
> >
> > [1]
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> > chwork.ozlabs.org%2Fproject%2Flinux-
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> > Yogesh Gaur (4):
> > spi: add support for octal I/O data transfer
> > mtd: spi-nor: add support for octal mode data transfer
> > spi: nxp-fspi: add mode flag bit for octal support
> > arm64: dts: lx2160a: update fspi node
>
> This is a bit confusing and difficult to follow. I suggest to order patches such that
> spi-nor layer changes are at the first, then m25p80 related things, followed by
> spi-mem (if needed spi) changes and finally spi-mem controller driver changes.
>

Thanks for the comment.
Would change the patch order as suggested and break the functionality in small patches as suggested by Boris.

--
Regards
Yogesh Gaur

> --
> Regards
> Vignesh
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