Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] spi: Add OSPI PHY calibration support for spi-cadence-quadspi

[Michael Walle]

Am 2021-03-12 12:07, schrieb Pratyush Yadav:
> On 12/03/21 11:20AM, Michael Walle wrote:
> > Am 2021-03-12 11:10, schrieb Pratyush Yadav:
> > > There is usually a delay from when the flash drives the data line (IOW,
> > > puts a data bit on it) and when the signal reaches the controller. This
> > > delay can vary by the flash, board, silicon characteristics,
> > > temperature, etc.
> >
> > Temperature might change over time, but the calibration is only done
> > once. I don't know how much influence the temperature actually has, 
> > but
> > our boards are usually operating from -40°C to +85°C. So there might 
> > be
> > a possible temperature difference of 125K between actual calibration 
> > and
> > when the flash is accessed.
>
> The algorithm supports a temperature range of -45 C to +130 C. The
> temperature is checked at calibration time and adjustments are made to
> make sure the reads work over the entire temperature range [0].

Ah, nice. And you need the current temperature to correlate it to the
meassured timings, right?

-michael