Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] Add support for enhanced SPI for Designware SPI controllers

From: Serge Semin
Date: Thu Jan 19 2023 - 11:37:18 EST


On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 04:26:58PM +0000, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 4:25 PM Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Sudip
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 01:20:39AM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > > Hi Sudip
> > >
> > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 08:45:26PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> > > > Hi Sudip
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 06:07:17PM +0000, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > > > > The is v2 of the patch series adding enhanced SPI support. Some Synopsys SSI
> > > > > controllers support enhanced SPI which includes Dual mode, Quad mode and
> > > > > Octal mode. DWC_ssi includes clock stretching feature in enhanced SPI modes
> > > > > which can be used to prevent FIFO underflow and overflow conditions while
> > > > > transmitting or receiving the data respectively.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is almost a complete rework based on the review from Serge.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much for the series. I'll have a look at it on the next
> > > > week.
> > >
> > > Just so you know. I haven't forgot about the series. There are some
> > > problematic parts which I need to give more thinking than I originally
> > > expected. I'll submit my comments very soon. Sorry for the delay.
> > >
> > > Good news is that I've got the HW-manual for the DW SSI v1.01a
> > > IP-core. So I'll no longer need to ask of you about that device
> > > implementation specifics.
> >
> > Finally I managed to consolidate my thoughts regarding your patchset.
> > Here is the summary. Some specific comments will be sent in-reply to
> > the corresponding patches.
> >
> > First of all there is a crucial difference between eSPI capability
> > available on DW APB SSI and DW AHB SSI controllers:
> > DW APB SSI 4.x:
> > + Tx until FIFO is empty
> > + No clock stretching at all
>

> Thanks for your detailed review and all the additional details about
> DW APB SSI. I did not have this datasheet to check.
> So, that will mean I can remove the APB versiom detection from my next series.
> But unfortunately, I don't have access to the hardware currently to
> prepare and test the v3 series. It will be delayed a bit and I am
> hoping I will be able to work on this by early March.

Ok. Thanks for the update. Whenever you're ready I'll be here for review.

-Serge(y)

>
>
> --
> Regards
> Sudip