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From:   Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2023 02:08:30 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmem: brcm_nvram: store a copy of NVRAM content
To:     =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= <rafal@milecki.pl>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
        =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= <zajec5@gmail.com>,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@linaro.org>,
        linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        =?UTF-8?B?QXLEsW7DpyDDnE5BTA==?= <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
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On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 12:28=E2=80=AFAM Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki <rafal@mil=
ecki.pl> wrote:
>
> On 2023-09-14 23:30, Scott Branden wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 2:26=E2=80=AFPM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gm=
ail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On 9/13/23 23:49, Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki wrote:
> >> > From: Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> >> >
> >> > This driver uses MMIO access for reading NVRAM from a flash device.
> >> > Underneath there is a flash controller that reads data and provides
> >> > mapping window.
> >> >
> >> > Using MMIO interface affects controller configuration and may break =
real
> >> > controller driver. It was reported by multiple users of devices with
> >> > NVRAM stored on NAND.
> >> >
> >> > Modify driver to read & cache all NVRAM content during init and use =
that
> >> > copy to provide NVMEM data when requested.
> >> >
> >> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/CACna6rwf3_9QVjYcM+847biTX=
=3DK0EoWXuXcSMkJO1Vy_5vmVqA@mail.gmail.com/
> >> > Cc: Ar=C4=B1n=C3=A7 =C3=9CNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
> >> > Cc: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
> >> > Cc: Scott Branden <scott.branden@broadcom.com>
> >> > Signed-off-by: Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> >> > ---
> >> [snip]
> >> > -     priv->base =3D devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0,=
 &res);
> >> > -     if (IS_ERR(priv->base))
> >> > -             return PTR_ERR(priv->base);
> >> > +     base =3D devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0, &res)=
;
> >> > +     if (IS_ERR(base))
> >> > +             return PTR_ERR(base);
> >> > +
> >> > +     priv->size =3D resource_size(res);
> >> > +
> >> > +     priv->data =3D devm_kzalloc(dev, priv->size, GFP_KERNEL);
> >>
> >> These can conceivably quite big data structures, how about using
> >> kvmalloc()?
> > Why do we even need to expose MMIO interface to NAND though?  Why not
> > always go through the controller driver.  I don't see how the MMIO
> > access would be used given bad blocks aren't handled?
>
> We need to read NVMRAM *early* for booting purposes. Some vendors store
> there information about used firmware in case of having main one and
> fallback one. That info is required for partitioning which happens
> during mtd initialization before we have NAND driver fully initialized.
OK, it would have been nice for the bootloader to sort out and
retrieve any information.  But if you need to access flash in the
kernel before the nand driver is loaded so be it.  Thanks for the
explanation.
>
> --
> Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki

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