Linux kernel modifications for the Kernel Hacking exam
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According to the Denali NAND Flash Memory Controller User's Guide,
this IP has two reset signals.
rst_n: reset most of FFs in the controller core
reg_rst_n: reset all FFs in the register interface, and in the
initialization sequencer
This commit supports controlling those reset signals.
It is possible to control them separately from the IP point of view
although they might be often tied up together in actual SoC integration.
The IP spec says, asserting only the reg_rst_n without asserting rst_n
will cause unpredictable behavior in the controller. So, the driver
deasserts ->rst_reg and ->rst in this order.
Another thing that should be kept in mind is the automated initialization
sequence (a.k.a. 'bootstrap' process) is kicked off when reg_rst_n is
deasserted.
When the reset is deasserted, the controller issues a RESET command
to the chip select 0, and attempts to read out the chip ID, and further
more, ONFI parameters if it is an ONFI-compliant device. Then, the
controller sets up the relevant registers based on the detected
device parameters.
This process might be useful for tiny boot firmware, but is redundant
for Linux Kernel because nand_scan_ident() probes devices and sets up
parameters accordingly. Rather, this hardware feature is annoying
because it ends up with misdetection due to bugs.
So, commit
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| init | ||
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| kernel | ||
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| net | ||
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| scripts | ||
| security | ||
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Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.