On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 8:11 PM Marek Vasut marex@denx.de wrote:
On 1/10/20 6:26 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 1:05 PM Marek Vasut marex@denx.de wrote:
On 1/10/20 4:09 AM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 9:14 AM Marek Vasut marex@denx.de wrote:
The Denali NAND block loses configuration when put in reset. Specifically, RB_PIN_ENABLED, CHIP_ENABLE_DONT_CARE, SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES and SPARE_AREA_MARKER are lost. Since mainline Linux depends on the configuration programmed into the Denali NAND controller by the bootloader, do not reset the controller before starting the kernel, otherwise the kernel will read bogus values and fail to use the NAND.
I think this log is not directly describing the issue. It is not a matter of reading bogus values. You cannot use the hardware under the reset state in the first place.
How about describing the root cause? For example,
The denali driver in the mainline Linux does not support the reset control yet. Do not reset the controller before starting the kernel, otherwise the kernel cannot deassert the reset of the NAND controller.
Is this better?
I do not think so.
Most of the description is just redundant.
Hardware under the reset state does not work in any way. The mainline kernel cannot deassert the NAND controller reset by itself. That's all.
That's only applicable to current state of things.
Yes, I said the current state of the mainline kernel (since I am not a forecaster)
Can you provide better description ?
I did already:
https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2020-January/395878.html
Who cares about the SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES value under the situation where you cannot deassert the reset?
Note that on SoCFPGA, the behavior is exactly as documented here. Maybe it's different on Socionext ?
The behavior of the NAND controller on Socionext SoCs is this: "It does not work while its reset signal is asserted."
I guess it is the same on SOCFPGA.
I have never seen such hardware that works with its reset signal asserted.
-- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada