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Date:   Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:01:50 +0100
From:   Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] spi: atmel-quadspi: add support for sam9x60 qspi
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:08:47 +0000
<Tudor.Ambarus@microchip.com> wrote:

> +/*
> + * atmel_qspi_set_address_mode() - set address mode.
> + * @cfg:	contains register values
> + * @op:		describes a SPI memory operation
> + *
> + * The controller allows 24 and 32-bit addressing while NAND-flash requires
> + * 16-bit long. Handling 8-bit long addresses is done using the option field.
> + * For the 16-bit addresses, the workaround depends of the number of requested
> + * dummy bits. If there are 8 or more dummy cycles, the address is shifted and
> + * sent with the first dummy byte. Otherwise opcode is disabled and the first
> + * byte of the address contains the command opcode (works only if the opcode and
> + * address use the same buswidth). The limitation is when the 16-bit address is
> + * used without enough dummy cycles and the opcode is using a different buswidth
> + * than the address.

Too bad they didn't patch the IP to support 1 to 4 address bytes
instead of only 3 or 4 :-(.