2018-11-22 18:52:10

by Yogesh Narayan Gaur

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Subject: [PATCH v4 0/7] spi: add support for octo mode

Add support for octo mode IO data transfer.
Micron flash, mt35xu512aba, supports octal mode data transfer and
NXP FlexSPI controller supports 8 data lines for data transfer (Rx/Tx).

Patch series
* Add support for octo mode flags and parsing of same in spi driver.
* Add parsing logic for spi-mem framework and m25p80.c device file.
* Add opcodes for octo I/O commands in spi-nor framework, Read and Write proto for (1-1-8/1-8-8) mode.
Opcodes are added as per octal data IO commands required for mt35xu512aba [1] flash.
* Add mode bit required for octo mode in nxp-fspi driver [2].
* Define binding property 'spi-rx/tx-bus-width' for LX2160ARDB target [2].

Tested on LX2160ARDB target with nxp-fspi driver, below are
Read performance number of 1-1-1 and 1-1-8 read protocol.

root@lxxx:~# cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 04000000 00001000 "spi0.0"
mtd1: 04000000 00001000 "spi0.1"
root@lxxx:~# time mtd_debug read /dev/mtd0 0x0 0x1000000 0read
Copied 16777216 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to 0read

real 0m2.792s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m2.790s
root@lxxx:~# time mtd_debug read /dev/mtd1 0x0 0x1000000 0read
Copied 16777216 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to 0read

real 0m0.441s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.440s
root@ls1012ardb:~#

Flash device MTD0 configured in 1-1-1 protocol.
Flash device MTD1 configured in 1-1-8 protocol.

[1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-mtd/list/?series=70384&state=*
[2] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-mtd/list/?series=76402

Yogesh Gaur (7):
spi: add support for octo mode I/O data transfer
spi: spi-mem: add support for octo mode I/O data transfer
mtd: spi-nor: add opcodes for octo Read/Write commands
mtd: spi-nor: add octo read flag for flash mt35xu512aba
mtd: m25p80: add support of octo mode I/O transfer
spi: nxp-fspi: add octo mode flag bit for octal support
arm64: dts: lx2160a: update fspi node

Changes for v4:
- Rebase on top of v4.20-rc2.
- Modify octo entries enum value in spi.h.
Changes for v3:
- Add octo mode support in spi_setup().
- Rename all patches with 'octal' string modified as 'octo'.
Changes for v2:
- Incorporated review comments of Boris and Vignesh.

arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-lx2160a-rdb.dts | 4 ++++
drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c | 9 ++++++++-
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
drivers/spi/spi-mem.c | 9 ++++++++-
drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.c | 4 ++--
drivers/spi/spi.c | 12 ++++++++++--
include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h | 8 ++++++++
include/linux/spi/spi.h | 4 +++-
8 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--
2.7.4



2018-11-22 17:04:45

by Yogesh Narayan Gaur

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Subject: [PATCH v4 1/7] spi: add support for octo mode I/O data transfer

Add flags for Octo mode I/O data transfer
Required for the SPI controller which can do the data transfer (TX/RX)
on 8 data lines e.g. NXP FlexSPI controller.
SPI_TX_OCTO: transmit with 8 wires
SPI_RX_OCTO: receive with 8 wires

Signed-off-by: Yogesh Gaur <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
---
Changes for v4:
- Rebase on top of v4.20-rc2
Changes for v3:
- Modified string 'octal' with 'octo'.
- Add octo mode support in spi_setup().
Changes for v2:
- Incorporated review comments of Boris.
---
drivers/spi/spi.c | 12 ++++++++++--
include/linux/spi/spi.h | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 6ca5940..af4e4c6 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -1617,6 +1617,9 @@ static int of_spi_parse_dt(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_device *spi,
case 4:
spi->mode |= SPI_TX_QUAD;
break;
+ case 8:
+ spi->mode |= SPI_TX_OCTO;
+ break;
default:
dev_warn(&ctlr->dev,
"spi-tx-bus-width %d not supported\n",
@@ -1635,6 +1638,9 @@ static int of_spi_parse_dt(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_device *spi,
case 4:
spi->mode |= SPI_RX_QUAD;
break;
+ case 8:
+ spi->mode |= SPI_RX_OCTO;
+ break;
default:
dev_warn(&ctlr->dev,
"spi-rx-bus-width %d not supported\n",
@@ -2823,7 +2829,8 @@ int spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
/* if it is SPI_3WIRE mode, DUAL and QUAD should be forbidden
*/
if ((spi->mode & SPI_3WIRE) && (spi->mode &
- (SPI_TX_DUAL | SPI_TX_QUAD | SPI_RX_DUAL | SPI_RX_QUAD)))
+ (SPI_TX_DUAL | SPI_TX_QUAD | SPI_TX_OCTO |
+ SPI_RX_DUAL | SPI_RX_QUAD | SPI_RX_OCTO)))
return -EINVAL;
/* help drivers fail *cleanly* when they need options
* that aren't supported with their current controller
@@ -2832,7 +2839,8 @@ int spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
*/
bad_bits = spi->mode & ~(spi->controller->mode_bits | SPI_CS_WORD);
ugly_bits = bad_bits &
- (SPI_TX_DUAL | SPI_TX_QUAD | SPI_RX_DUAL | SPI_RX_QUAD);
+ (SPI_TX_DUAL | SPI_TX_QUAD | SPI_TX_OCTO |
+ SPI_RX_DUAL | SPI_RX_QUAD | SPI_RX_OCTO);
if (ugly_bits) {
dev_warn(&spi->dev,
"setup: ignoring unsupported mode bits %x\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 6be77fa..e2d69eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ struct spi_device {
#define SPI_TX_QUAD 0x200 /* transmit with 4 wires */
#define SPI_RX_DUAL 0x400 /* receive with 2 wires */
#define SPI_RX_QUAD 0x800 /* receive with 4 wires */
-#define SPI_CS_WORD 0x1000 /* toggle cs after each word */
+#define SPI_CS_WORD 0x1000 /* toggle cs after each word */
+#define SPI_TX_OCTO 0x2000 /* transmit with 8 wires */
+#define SPI_RX_OCTO 0x4000 /* receive with 8 wires */
int irq;
void *controller_state;
void *controller_data;
--
2.7.4


2018-11-22 17:06:38

by Yogesh Narayan Gaur

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Subject: [PATCH v4 7/7] arm64: dts: lx2160a: update fspi node

Flash mt35xu512aba connected to FlexSPI controller supports
1-1-8/1-8-8 protocol.
Added flag spi-rx-bus-width and spi-tx-bus-width with values as
8 and 8 respectively for both flashes connected at CS0 and CS1.

Signed-off-by: Yogesh Gaur <[email protected]>
---
Changes for v4:
- None
Changes for v3:
- None
Changes for v2:
- None

arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-lx2160a-rdb.dts | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-lx2160a-rdb.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-lx2160a-rdb.dts
index 3b20c97..24cc41c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-lx2160a-rdb.dts
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/fsl-lx2160a-rdb.dts
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
m25p,fast-read;
spi-max-frequency = <20000000>;
reg = <0>;
+ spi-rx-bus-width = <8>;
+ spi-tx-bus-width = <8>;
};

mt35xu512aba1: flash@1 {
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@
m25p,fast-read;
spi-max-frequency = <20000000>;
reg = <1>;
+ spi-rx-bus-width = <8>;
+ spi-tx-bus-width = <8>;
};
};

--
2.7.4


2018-11-22 18:58:48

by Yogesh Narayan Gaur

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Subject: [PATCH v4 2/7] spi: spi-mem: add support for octo mode I/O data transfer

Add support for octo mode I/O data transfer in spi-mem framework.

Signed-off-by: Yogesh Gaur <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
---
Changes for v4:
- None
Changes for v3:
- Modified string 'octal' with 'octo'.
Changes for v2:
- Patch added in v2 version.

drivers/spi/spi-mem.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
index 62a7b80..388f849 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@

#include "internals.h"

-#define SPI_MEM_MAX_BUSWIDTH 4
+#define SPI_MEM_MAX_BUSWIDTH 8

/**
* spi_controller_dma_map_mem_op_data() - DMA-map the buffer attached to a
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ static int spi_check_buswidth_req(struct spi_mem *mem, u8 buswidth, bool tx)

break;

+ case 8:
+ if ((tx && (mode & SPI_TX_OCTO)) ||
+ (!tx && (mode & SPI_RX_OCTO)))
+ return 0;
+
+ break;
+
default:
break;
}
--
2.7.4


2018-11-22 18:59:01

by Yogesh Narayan Gaur

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Subject: [PATCH v4 4/7] mtd: spi-nor: add octo read flag for flash mt35xu512aba

Add octo read flag for flash mt35xu512aba.
This flash, mt35xu512aba, is only complaint to SFDP JESD216B and does
not seem to support newer JESD216C standard that provides auto
detection of Octal mode capabilities and opcodes. Therefore, this
capability is manually added using new SPI_NOR_OCTO_READ flag.

Signed-off-by: Vignesh R <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Yogesh Gaur <[email protected]>
---
Changes for v4:
- None
Changes for v3:
- Modified string 'octal' with 'octo'.
Changes for v2:
- Incorporated review comments of Boris and Vignesh

drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
index 356ac5d..347f17f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
@@ -1413,7 +1413,8 @@ static const struct flash_info spi_nor_ids[] = {
/* Micron */
{
"mt35xu512aba", INFO(0x2c5b1a, 0, 128 * 1024, 512,
- SECT_4K | USE_FSR | SPI_NOR_4B_OPCODES)
+ SECT_4K | USE_FSR | SPI_NOR_OCTO_READ |
+ SPI_NOR_4B_OPCODES)
},

/* PMC */
--
2.7.4


2018-11-22 18:59:07

by Yogesh Narayan Gaur

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Subject: [PATCH v4 5/7] mtd: m25p80: add support of octo mode I/O transfer

Add support for octo mode I/O data transfer based on the controller (spi)
mode.
Assign hw-capability mask bits for octo transfer.

Signed-off-by: Yogesh Gaur <[email protected]>
---
Changes for v4:
- None
Changes for v3:
- Modified string 'octal' with 'octo'.
Changes for v2:
- Incorporated review comments of Boris.

drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
index c4a1d04..6f3c280 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -195,7 +195,14 @@ static int m25p_probe(struct spi_mem *spimem)
spi_mem_set_drvdata(spimem, flash);
flash->spimem = spimem;

- if (spi->mode & SPI_RX_QUAD) {
+ if (spi->mode & SPI_RX_OCTO) {
+ hwcaps.mask |= SNOR_HWCAPS_READ_1_1_8;
+
+ if (spi->mode & SPI_TX_OCTO)
+ hwcaps.mask |= (SNOR_HWCAPS_READ_1_8_8 |
+ SNOR_HWCAPS_PP_1_1_8 |
+ SNOR_HWCAPS_PP_1_8_8);
+ } else if (spi->mode & SPI_RX_QUAD) {
hwcaps.mask |= SNOR_HWCAPS_READ_1_1_4;

if (spi->mode & SPI_TX_QUAD)
--
2.7.4


2018-11-22 19:10:49

by Yogesh Narayan Gaur

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Subject: [PATCH v4 3/7] mtd: spi-nor: add opcodes for octo Read/Write commands

- Add opcodes for octo I/O commands
* Read : 1-1-8 and 1-8-8 protocol
* Write : 1-1-8 and 1-8-8 protocol
* opcodes for 4-byte address mode command

- Entry of macros in _convert_3to4_xxx function

- Add flag specifying flash support octo read commands.

Signed-off-by: Vignesh R <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Yogesh Gaur <[email protected]>
---
Changes for v4:
- None
Changes for v3:
- Modified string 'octal' with 'octo'.
Changes for v2:
- Incorporated review comments of Boris and Vignesh

drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c | 12 ++++++++++++
include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
index 398d273..356ac5d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct flash_info {
#define NO_CHIP_ERASE BIT(12) /* Chip does not support chip erase */
#define SPI_NOR_SKIP_SFDP BIT(13) /* Skip parsing of SFDP tables */
#define USE_CLSR BIT(14) /* use CLSR command */
+#define SPI_NOR_OCTO_READ BIT(15) /* Flash supports Octal Read */

int (*quad_enable)(struct spi_nor *nor);
};
@@ -209,6 +210,8 @@ static inline u8 spi_nor_convert_3to4_read(u8 opcode)
{ SPINOR_OP_READ_1_2_2, SPINOR_OP_READ_1_2_2_4B },
{ SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_4, SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_4_4B },
{ SPINOR_OP_READ_1_4_4, SPINOR_OP_READ_1_4_4_4B },
+ { SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_8, SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_8_4B },
+ { SPINOR_OP_READ_1_8_8, SPINOR_OP_READ_1_8_8_4B },

{ SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_1_DTR, SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_1_DTR_4B },
{ SPINOR_OP_READ_1_2_2_DTR, SPINOR_OP_READ_1_2_2_DTR_4B },
@@ -225,6 +228,8 @@ static inline u8 spi_nor_convert_3to4_program(u8 opcode)
{ SPINOR_OP_PP, SPINOR_OP_PP_4B },
{ SPINOR_OP_PP_1_1_4, SPINOR_OP_PP_1_1_4_4B },
{ SPINOR_OP_PP_1_4_4, SPINOR_OP_PP_1_4_4_4B },
+ { SPINOR_OP_PP_1_1_8, SPINOR_OP_PP_1_1_8_4B },
+ { SPINOR_OP_PP_1_8_8, SPINOR_OP_PP_1_8_8_4B },
};

return spi_nor_convert_opcode(opcode, spi_nor_3to4_program,
@@ -3195,6 +3200,13 @@ static int spi_nor_init_params(struct spi_nor *nor,
SNOR_PROTO_1_1_4);
}

+ if (info->flags & SPI_NOR_OCTO_READ) {
+ params->hwcaps.mask |= SNOR_HWCAPS_READ_1_1_8;
+ spi_nor_set_read_settings(&params->reads[SNOR_CMD_READ_1_1_8],
+ 0, 8, SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_8,
+ SNOR_PROTO_1_1_8);
+ }
+
/* Page Program settings. */
params->hwcaps.mask |= SNOR_HWCAPS_PP;
spi_nor_set_pp_settings(&params->page_programs[SNOR_CMD_PP],
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h b/include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h
index 8b1acf6..019f534 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@
#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_2_2 0xbb /* Read data bytes (Dual I/O SPI) */
#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_4 0x6b /* Read data bytes (Quad Output SPI) */
#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_4_4 0xeb /* Read data bytes (Quad I/O SPI) */
+#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_8 0x8b /* Read data bytes (Octal Output SPI) */
+#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_8_8 0xcb /* Read data bytes (Octal I/O SPI) */
#define SPINOR_OP_PP 0x02 /* Page program (up to 256 bytes) */
#define SPINOR_OP_PP_1_1_4 0x32 /* Quad page program */
#define SPINOR_OP_PP_1_4_4 0x38 /* Quad page program */
+#define SPINOR_OP_PP_1_1_8 0x82 /* Octal page program */
+#define SPINOR_OP_PP_1_8_8 0xc2 /* Octal page program */
#define SPINOR_OP_BE_4K 0x20 /* Erase 4KiB block */
#define SPINOR_OP_BE_4K_PMC 0xd7 /* Erase 4KiB block on PMC chips */
#define SPINOR_OP_BE_32K 0x52 /* Erase 32KiB block */
@@ -73,9 +77,13 @@
#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_2_2_4B 0xbc /* Read data bytes (Dual I/O SPI) */
#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_4_4B 0x6c /* Read data bytes (Quad Output SPI) */
#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_4_4_4B 0xec /* Read data bytes (Quad I/O SPI) */
+#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_1_8_4B 0x7c /* Read data bytes (Octal Output SPI) */
+#define SPINOR_OP_READ_1_8_8_4B 0xcc /* Read data bytes (Octal I/O SPI) */
#define SPINOR_OP_PP_4B 0x12 /* Page program (up to 256 bytes) */
#define SPINOR_OP_PP_1_1_4_4B 0x34 /* Quad page program */
#define SPINOR_OP_PP_1_4_4_4B 0x3e /* Quad page program */
+#define SPINOR_OP_PP_1_1_8_4B 0x84 /* Octal page program */
+#define SPINOR_OP_PP_1_8_8_4B 0x8e /* Octal page program */
#define SPINOR_OP_BE_4K_4B 0x21 /* Erase 4KiB block */
#define SPINOR_OP_BE_32K_4B 0x5c /* Erase 32KiB block */
#define SPINOR_OP_SE_4B 0xdc /* Sector erase (usually 64KiB) */
--
2.7.4


2018-11-22 19:11:13

by Yogesh Narayan Gaur

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Subject: [PATCH v4 6/7] spi: nxp-fspi: add octo mode flag bit for octal support

Add octo mode flags for octal I/O data transfer support.
NXP FlexSPI controller supports 8 lines Rx/Tx data transfer.

Signed-off-by: Yogesh Gaur <[email protected]>
---
Changes for v4:
- None
Changes for v3:
- Modified string 'octal' with 'octo'.
Changes for v2:
- None

drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.c
index a35013b..f0d37e0 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.c
@@ -995,8 +995,8 @@ static int nxp_fspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (!ctlr)
return -ENOMEM;

- ctlr->mode_bits = SPI_RX_DUAL | SPI_RX_QUAD |
- SPI_TX_DUAL | SPI_TX_QUAD;
+ ctlr->mode_bits = SPI_RX_DUAL | SPI_RX_QUAD | SPI_RX_OCTO |
+ SPI_TX_DUAL | SPI_TX_QUAD | SPI_TX_OCTO;

f = spi_controller_get_devdata(ctlr);
f->dev = dev;
--
2.7.4


2018-12-03 08:05:46

by Boris Brezillon

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/7] spi: add support for octo mode I/O data transfer

Hi Yogesh,

On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 05:14:31 +0000
Yogesh Narayan Gaur <[email protected]> wrote:

> Add flags for Octo mode I/O data transfer
> Required for the SPI controller which can do the data transfer (TX/RX)
> on 8 data lines e.g. NXP FlexSPI controller.
> SPI_TX_OCTO: transmit with 8 wires
> SPI_RX_OCTO: receive with 8 wires
>
> Signed-off-by: Yogesh Gaur <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes for v4:
> - Rebase on top of v4.20-rc2
> Changes for v3:
> - Modified string 'octal' with 'octo'.

When I listed the differences between your version and mine, I
mentioned the OCTO vs OCTAL name, but I didn't say my decision was the
correct one :-). Looks like OCTAL is the term employed almost
everywhere, and it's also consistent with DUAL. Would you mind
sending a new version reverting the name to OCTAL.

Sorry for the unclear statement in my previous review.

Regards,

Boris

2018-12-03 08:48:50

by Yogesh Narayan Gaur

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Subject: RE: [PATCH v4 1/7] spi: add support for octo mode I/O data transfer

Hi Boris,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boris Brezillon [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018 1:35 PM
> To: Yogesh Narayan Gaur <[email protected]>;
> [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected]; linux-arm-
> [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/7] spi: add support for octo mode I/O data transfer
>
> Hi Yogesh,
>
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 05:14:31 +0000
> Yogesh Narayan Gaur <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Add flags for Octo mode I/O data transfer Required for the SPI
> > controller which can do the data transfer (TX/RX) on 8 data lines e.g.
> > NXP FlexSPI controller.
> > SPI_TX_OCTO: transmit with 8 wires
> > SPI_RX_OCTO: receive with 8 wires
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yogesh Gaur <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > Changes for v4:
> > - Rebase on top of v4.20-rc2
> > Changes for v3:
> > - Modified string 'octal' with 'octo'.
>
> When I listed the differences between your version and mine, I mentioned the
> OCTO vs OCTAL name, but I didn't say my decision was the correct one :-). Looks
> like OCTAL is the term employed almost everywhere, and it's also consistent
> with DUAL. Would you mind sending a new version reverting the name to OCTAL.
>
Next version of patch series send [1]

--
Regards,
Yogesh Gaur
[1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-mtd/list/?series=79338

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