Hi Paul,
looks good to me but i will run this past linux-mtd and ask them for an
opinion before merging it.
John
On 08/07/2015 14:00, Paul Fertser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> ldy647 writes:
>> recently, when we install our wireless router, we found when we run
>> the reboot command, the board couldn't restart. We hope you could lend
>> us a hand to solve this problem. We'll be quite grateful for what you
>> do for us.
>
> Apparently MT7620 can't handle 4 byte addressing mode of the flash
> memory on hardware (probably ROM bootloader) level so it needs to be
> reset somehow prior to resetting the SoC. Some SoCs have a special
> output from the watchdog to reset all the on-board peripherals, it
> should be connected to the !RESET pin of the flash as well. And the
> kernel should then use the watchdog driver to cause a reboot.
>
> As a workaround when hardware modification is not possible and the
> flash IC supports a reset command, you can use a patch like this (in
> some cases when the kernel is completely stuck it won't help to reboot
> of course, as the watchdog will fire on hardware level automatically,
> if configured):
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> index b298466..932f307 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
> #include
> #include
> #include
> +#include
> #include
> #include
> #include
> @@ -61,6 +62,9 @@
> /* Used for Spansion flashes only. */
> #define OPCODE_BRWR 0x17/* Bank register write */
>
> +#define OPCODE_RESET_ENABLE 0x66
> +#define OPCODE_RESET 0x99
> +
> /* Status Register bits. */
> #define SR_WIP 1 /* Write in progress */
> #define SR_WEL 2 /* Write enable latch */
> @@ -907,6 +911,21 @@ static const struct spi_device_id *jedec_probe(struct
> spi_device *spi)
> return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> }
>
> +static int m25p80_reboot(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
> +void *v)
> +{
> + struct mtd_info *mtd;
> +
> + mtd = container_of(nb, struct mtd_info, reboot_notifier);
> + struct m25p *flash = mtd_to_m25p(mtd);
> +
> + flash->command[0] = OPCODE_RESET_ENABLE;
> + spi_write(flash->spi, flash->command, 1);
> + flash->command[0] = OPCODE_RESET;
> + spi_write(flash->spi, flash->command, 1);
> +
> + return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +}
>
> /*
> * board specific setup should have ensured the SPI clock used here
> @@ -1010,6 +1029,7 @@ static int m25p_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> flash->mtd.size = info->sector_size * info->n_sectors;
> flash->mtd._erase = m25p80_erase;
> flash->mtd._read = m25p80_read;
> + flash->mtd.reboot_notifier.notifier_call = m25p80_reboot;
>
> /* flash protection support for STmicro chips */
> if (JEDEC_MFR(info->jedec_id) == CFI_MFR_ST) {
> @@ -1085,6 +1105,7 @@ static int m25p_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> flash->mtd.eraseregions[i].numblocks);
>
>
> + register_reboot_notifier(&flash->mtd.reboot_notifier);
> /* partitions should match sector boundaries; and it may be good to
>* use readonly partitions for writeprotected sectors (BP2..BP0).
>*/
> @@ -1099,6 +1120,8 @@ static int m25p_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
> struct m25p *flash = dev_get_drvdata(&spi->dev);
> int status;
>
> + unregister_reboot_notifier(&flash->mtd.reboot_notifier);
> +
> /* Clean up MTD stuff. */
> status = mtd_device_unregister(&flash->mtd);
> if (status == 0) {
>
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