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cfi: Check for blank before erase

PATCH New Joe Hershberger 2 participants 4 messages Aug 17, 2012 – Sep 3, 2012 Memory technology devices (MTD)

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PATCH 1/2 cfi: Check for blank before erase

Added an optional check in the CFI driver to evaluate if the sector is already blank before issuing an erase command. Improves erase time by over a factor of 10 if already blank.

---
 drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c +26 -0
index f0f301a..97a4fd7 100644
@@ -1078,6 +1078,32 @@ int flash_erase (flash_info_t * info, int s_first, int s_last)
 
 	for (sect = s_first; sect <= s_last; sect++) {
 		if (info->protect[sect] == 0) { /* not protected */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CHECK_BLANK_BEFORE_ERASE
+			int k;
+			int size;
+			int erased;
+			u32 *flash;
+
+			/*
+			 * Check if whole sector is erased
+			 */
+			size = flash_sector_size(info, sect);
+			erased = 1;
+			flash = (u32 *)info->start[sect];
+			/* divide by 4 for longword access */
+			size = size >> 2;
+			for (k = 0; k < size; k++) {
+				if (flash_read32(flash++) != 0xffffffff) {
+					erased = 0;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if (erased) {
+				if (flash_verbose)
+					putc(',');
+				continue;
+			}
+#endif
 			switch (info->vendor) {
 			case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_PROG_REGIONS:
 			case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_STANDARD:
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#1 lore raw

PATCH 2/2 cfi: Make the flash erase and write operations abortable

Check for ctrlc() in operations that take time and loop over the flash addresses.

In netconsole, tstc() is expensive. Only check once in a while to not slow down the operation significantly.

---
 common/cmd_flash.c      |  3 ++-
 common/flash.c          |  3 +++
 drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c | 11 +++++++++++
 include/flash.h         |  1 +
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
common/cmd_flash.c +2 -1
index 0e9b2e3..e55d366 100644
@@ -443,7 +443,8 @@ int flash_sect_erase (ulong addr_first, ulong addr_last)
 				rcode = flash_erase (info, s_first[bank], s_last[bank]);
 			}
 		}
-		printf ("Erased %d sectors\n", erased);
+		if (rcode == 0)
+			printf("Erased %d sectors\n", erased);
 	} else if (rcode == 0) {
 		puts ("Error: start and/or end address"
 			" not on sector boundary\n");
common/flash.c +3 -0
index 781cb9c..8244ba2 100644
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ void flash_perror (int err)
 	case ERR_PROG_ERROR:
 		puts ("General Flash Programming Error\n");
 		break;
+	case ERR_ABORTED:
+		puts("Flash Programming Aborted\n");
+		break;
 	default:
 		printf ("%s[%d] FIXME: rc=%d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, err);
 		break;
drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c +11 -0
index 97a4fd7..43140f3 100644
@@ -1077,6 +1077,11 @@ int flash_erase (flash_info_t * info, int s_first, int s_last)
 
 
 	for (sect = s_first; sect <= s_last; sect++) {
+		if (ctrlc()) {
+			printf("\n");
+			return 1;
+		}
+
 		if (info->protect[sect] == 0) { /* not protected */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CHECK_BLANK_BEFORE_ERASE
 			int k;
@@ -1379,6 +1384,9 @@ int write_buff (flash_info_t * info, uchar * src, ulong addr, ulong cnt)
 		src += i;
 		cnt -= i;
 		FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS(scale, dots, digit, i);
+		/* Only check every once in a while */
+		if ((cnt & 0xFFFF) < buffered_size && ctrlc())
+			return ERR_ABORTED;
 	}
 #else
 	while (cnt >= info->portwidth) {
@@ -1391,6 +1399,9 @@ int write_buff (flash_info_t * info, uchar * src, ulong addr, ulong cnt)
 		wp += info->portwidth;
 		cnt -= info->portwidth;
 		FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS(scale, dots, digit, info->portwidth);
+		/* Only check every once in a while */
+		if ((cnt & 0xFFFF) < info->portwidth && ctrlc())
+			return ERR_ABORTED;
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE */
 
include/flash.h +1 -0
index e614d07..6d70bdd 100644
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ extern flash_info_t *flash_get_info(ulong base);
 #define ERR_UNKNOWN_FLASH_VENDOR	32
 #define ERR_UNKNOWN_FLASH_TYPE		64
 #define ERR_PROG_ERROR			128
+#define ERR_ABORTED			256
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Protection Flags for flash_protect():
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1.7.11.5
#2 lore raw

PATCH 2/2 cfi: Make the flash erase and write operations abortable

Quoted 7 lines · Joe Hershberger

Check for ctrlc() in operations that take time and loop over the flash addresses.

In netconsole, tstc() is expensive. Only check once in a while to not slow down the operation significantly.

Applied to u-boot-cfi-flash/master.

Thanks,
Stefan

#3 lore raw

PATCH 1/2 cfi: Check for blank before erase

In reply to Joe Hershberger
Quoted 5 lines · Joe Hershberger

Added an optional check in the CFI driver to evaluate if the sector is already blank before issuing an erase command. Improves erase time by over a factor of 10 if already blank.

Applied to u-boot-cfi-flash/master.

Thanks,
Stefan