Re: sama5d: using the ebi interface from another driver

[Alexander Dahl]

Hei hei,

Am Freitag, 2. November 2018, 14:35:26 CET schrieb Jean-Michel Hautbois:
> Then, after looking into deeper details in the datasheet I understand
> it is connected through EBI and it sounds not so easy :D.

Did you read docs on that? You'll find the binding docs here:

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/memory-controllers/atmel,ebi.txt

> I would appreciate some help/pointers on this, as there is (at least,
> I could find) few documentation on how to use it except for NAND
> cases.

I use EBI with at91sam9g20 and custom FPGA on CS5 (0x6000000) and CS7 
(0x8000000).

> I have something like that in my DTS, but not sure this is the correct
> way to do it :
> 
>         ebi: ebi@10000000 {
>             pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_ebi_nand_addr>;
>             pinctrl-names = "default";
>             status = "okay";
> 
>             dsp0: pef24628@1 {
>                 status = "okay";
>                 compatible = "intel,pef24628";
>                 #address-cells = <1>;
>                 #size-cells = <1>;
>                 reg = <0x1 0x0 0x8000>;
>                 pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_dsp_cs1>;
>             };
> 
>             dsp1: pef24628@2 {
>                 status = "okay";
>                 compatible = "intel,pef24628";
>                 #address-cells = <1>;
>                 #size-cells = <1>;
>                 reg = <0x2 0x0 0x8000>;
>                 pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_dsp_cs2>;
>             };

I'm not sure about those 'reg' settings. IIRC the first should correspond to 
the CS line, on at91sam9g20 the 0x40000000 would be CS3 (which is used by 
NAND, like in the dts snippet you posted) and 0x50000000 would be CS4. Are CS1 
(which is used by SD-RAM) and CS2 free to use on sama5d3?

Maybe that's different on sama5d3? I would check it again.

> The pinctrl for ebi should probably be changed however, I am wondering
> how the (platform ?) driver can access the adress ? Should it parse
> itself the parent, and find range, etc. Or is there an accessor for it
> ?

Probably. This is what I have for the at91sam9g20:

            pinctrl@fffff400 {                                          
                ebi {                                                   
                    pinctrl_ebi_cs5: ebi-cs5-0 {                        
                        atmel,pins =                                    
                            <AT91_PIOC 9 AT91_PERIPH_A AT91_PINCTRL_PULL_UP>;
                    };                                                  
                                                                        
                    pinctrl_ebi_cs7: ebi-cs7-0 {                        
                        atmel,pins =                                    
                            <AT91_PIOC 12 AT91_PERIPH_B AT91_PINCTRL_PULL_UP>;
                    };                                                  
                                                                        
                    pinctrl_ebi_nwait: ebi-nwait-0 {                    
                        atmel,pins =                                    
                            <AT91_PIOC 15 AT91_PERIPH_A AT91_PINCTRL_PULL_UP>;
                    };                                                  
                };                                                      
            };                                                          

> Maybe can I just manually toggle the CS GPIO, and don't try to make
> anything more complex than what it should be ? The driver should not
> be atmel dependant...

As Ludovic said, you should check the settings and timings for the external 
memory interface. This could look more or less similar to that:

            foo_bar: foo-bar@5,0 {                              
                status = "okay";                                        
                pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_ebi_cs5>;                         
                pinctrl-names = "default";                              
                reg = <0x5 0x0 0x80000>;                                
                                                                        
                atmel,smc-bus-width = <8>;                              
                atmel,smc-read-mode = "nrd";                            
                atmel,smc-write-mode = "nwe";                           
                atmel,smc-exnw-mode = "ready";                          
                                                                        
                atmel,smc-ncs-rd-setup-ns = <7>;                        
                atmel,smc-nrd-setup-ns = <7>;                           
                atmel,smc-ncs-wr-setup-ns = <7>;                        
                atmel,smc-nwe-setup-ns = <7>;                           
                                                                        
                atmel,smc-ncs-rd-pulse-ns = <56>;                       
                atmel,smc-nrd-pulse-ns = <56>;                          
                atmel,smc-ncs-wr-pulse-ns = <56>;                       
                atmel,smc-nwe-pulse-ns = <56>;                          
                                                                        
                atmel,smc-nwe-cycle-ns = <77>;                          
                atmel,smc-nrd-cycle-ns = <77>;                          
                                                                        
                atmel,smc-tdf-ns = <0>;                                 
            };        

As you can see, quite a lot of settings are made, all depending on how the 
memory access is supposed to be configured. You should look out for details in 
the hardware manuals of the SoC and the devices you want to connect.

HTH & Greets
Alex