From patchwork Fri Nov 26 16:34:49 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Miquel Raynal X-Patchwork-Id: 517686 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 427CFC433F5 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:37:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1378798AbhKZQkh (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:40:37 -0500 Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:40219 "EHLO relay4-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233916AbhKZQih (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:38:37 -0500 Received: (Authenticated sender: miquel.raynal@bootlin.com) by relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 38CBBE0010; Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:35:19 +0000 (UTC) From: Miquel Raynal To: Richard Weinberger , Vignesh Raghavendra , Tudor Ambarus , Pratyush Yadav , Michael Walle , , Mark Brown , , Rob Herring , Cc: Thomas Petazzoni , Michal Simek , Miquel Raynal Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] spi: dt-bindings: Describe stacked/parallel memories modes Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 17:34:49 +0100 Message-Id: <20211126163450.394861-5-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.27.0 In-Reply-To: <20211126163450.394861-1-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> References: <20211126163450.394861-1-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spi@vger.kernel.org Describe two new memories modes: - A stacked mode when the bus is common but the address space extended with an additinals wires. - A parallel mode with parallel busses accessing parallel flashes where the data is spread. Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal --- .../bindings/spi/spi-controller.yaml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-controller.yaml index 556c5ddc39d2..1ceba6c7430d 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-controller.yaml +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-controller.yaml @@ -162,6 +162,27 @@ patternProperties: description: Delay, in microseconds, after a write transfer. + stacked-memories: + type: boolean + description: Several SPI memories can be wired in stacked mode. + This basically means that either a device features several chip + selects, or that different devices must be seen as a single + bigger chip. This basically doubles (or more) the total address + space with only a single additional wire, while still needing + to repeat the commands when crossing a chip boundary. XIP is + usually not supported in this mode. + + parallel-memories: + type: boolean + description: Several SPI memories can be wired in parallel mode. + The devices are physically on a different buses but will always + act synchronously as each data word is spread across the + different memories (eg. even bits are stored in one memory, odd + bits in the other). This basically doubles the address space and + the throughput while greatly complexifying the wiring because as + many busses as devices must be wired. XIP is usually not + supported in this mode. + required: - compatible - reg