From 9ca8dbcc65cfc63d6f5ef3312a33184e1d726e00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yunhong Jiang Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 12:17:53 -0700 Subject: Add the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as base Import the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as OPNFV kvm base. It's from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git linux-4.1.y-rt and the base is: commit 0917f823c59692d751951bf5ea699a2d1e2f26a2 Author: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Date: Sat Jul 25 12:13:34 2015 +0200 Prepare v4.1.3-rt3 Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior We lose all the git history this way and it's not good. We should apply another opnfv project repo in future. Change-Id: I87543d81c9df70d99c5001fbdf646b202c19f423 Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang --- kernel/Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 kernel/Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt (limited to 'kernel/Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt') diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt b/kernel/Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..548d6306e --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/Documentation/mtd/spi-nor.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ + SPI NOR framework + ============================================ + +Part I - Why do we need this framework? +--------------------------------------- + +SPI bus controllers (drivers/spi/) only deal with streams of bytes; the bus +controller operates agnostic of the specific device attached. However, some +controllers (such as Freescale's QuadSPI controller) cannot easily handle +arbitrary streams of bytes, but rather are designed specifically for SPI NOR. + +In particular, Freescale's QuadSPI controller must know the NOR commands to +find the right LUT sequence. Unfortunately, the SPI subsystem has no notion of +opcodes, addresses, or data payloads; a SPI controller simply knows to send or +receive bytes (Tx and Rx). Therefore, we must define a new layering scheme under +which the controller driver is aware of the opcodes, addressing, and other +details of the SPI NOR protocol. + +Part II - How does the framework work? +-------------------------------------- + +This framework just adds a new layer between the MTD and the SPI bus driver. +With this new layer, the SPI NOR controller driver does not depend on the +m25p80 code anymore. + + Before this framework, the layer is like: + + MTD + ------------------------ + m25p80 + ------------------------ + SPI bus driver + ------------------------ + SPI NOR chip + + After this framework, the layer is like: + MTD + ------------------------ + SPI NOR framework + ------------------------ + m25p80 + ------------------------ + SPI bus driver + ------------------------ + SPI NOR chip + + With the SPI NOR controller driver (Freescale QuadSPI), it looks like: + MTD + ------------------------ + SPI NOR framework + ------------------------ + fsl-quadSPI + ------------------------ + SPI NOR chip + +Part III - How can drivers use the framework? +--------------------------------------------- + +The main API is spi_nor_scan(). Before you call the hook, a driver should +initialize the necessary fields for spi_nor{}. Please see +drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c for detail. Please also refer to fsl-quadspi.c +when you want to write a new driver for a SPI NOR controller. -- cgit 1.2.3-korg