Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand: workaround for hangs on MPC837X

From: Scott Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:53:57 -0500

Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> @@ -495,6 +495,16 @@ static void fsl_elbc_write_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, const u8 *buf, int len)
>  	}
>  
>  	memcpy_toio(&ctrl->addr[ctrl->index], buf, len);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_MPC837x
> +	/*
> +	 * This is workaround for the weird elbc hangs on the MPC837X CPUs,
> +	 * Scott Wood says: "...perhaps difference in how long it takes a
> +	 * write to make it through the localbus compared to a write to IMMR
> +	 * is causing problems, and sync isn't helping for some reason."
> +	 * Reading back the last byte helps though.
> +	 */
> +	in_8(&ctrl->addr[ctrl->index] + len - 1);
> +#endif

Let's do it regardless of chip -- odds are the issue exists on all 
implementations, and it's just a function of what frequencies things are 
running at.

-Scott