Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mtd: nand: mxc_nand: implement exec_op

[Miquel Raynal]

Hi Sascha,

> > > > +		case NAND_OP_WAITRDY_INSTR:
> > > > +			/*
> > > > +			 * NFC handles R/B internally. Therefore, this function
> > > > +			 * always returns status as ready.    
> > > 
> > > This is no longer a standalone function, maybe:
> > > 
> > > "The controller handles the R/B pin internally, therefore there is
> > > nothing to do here."  
> 
> Ok.
> 
> > 
> > And this is actually very wrong.
> > 
> > You should call wait_op_done() instead.  
> 
> No, I don't think so. wait_op_done() is called to wait for the interrupt
> of the controller indicating a basic operation is done. A basic operation
> can be that a command is being sent or an address byte has been sent to
> the chip during an address cycle.
> 
> With this arbitrary example:
> 
> 	struct nand_op_instr instrs[] = {
> 		NAND_OP_CMD(NAND_CMD_READ0, 0),
> 		NAND_OP_ADDR(4, addrs, 0),
> 		NAND_OP_CMD(NAND_CMD_READSTART, NAND_COMMON_TIMING_NS(conf, tWB_max)),
> 		NAND_OP_WAIT_RDY(NAND_COMMON_TIMING_MS(conf, tR_max),
> 				 NAND_COMMON_TIMING_NS(conf, tRR_min)),
> 		NAND_OP_DATA_IN(len, buf, 0),
> 	};
> 
> I'll call wait_op_done() once for NAND_CMD_READ0, four times for the NAND_OP_ADDR,
> then once again for the NAND_CMD_READSTART command and four times (on i.MX27, once
> per subpage) for the NAND_OP_DATA_IN operation. Calling wait_op_done() for the
> NAND_OP_WAIT_RDY operation woul only timeout because there is no operation in flight
> currently.

Ah, ok, makes sense as well. If you want (this is not mandatory) you
may want to rename the function wait_instr_done() to fit the core's
naming: an operation being an aggregate of instructions/cycles.

Thanks,
Miquèl