From: Thomas Kopp <thomas.k...@microchip.com>

This patch adds a reference to the recent released MCP2517FD and MCP2518FD
errata sheets and paste the explanation.

The driver already implements the proposed fix.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Kopp <thomas.k...@microchip.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200925065606.358-1-thomas.k...@microchip.com
[mkl: split into two patches, adjust subject and commit message]
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <m...@pengutronix.de>
---
 .../net/can/spi/mcp25xxfd/mcp25xxfd-core.c    | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp25xxfd/mcp25xxfd-core.c 
b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp25xxfd/mcp25xxfd-core.c
index 106dda8e5310..c094bb716256 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp25xxfd/mcp25xxfd-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp25xxfd/mcp25xxfd-core.c
@@ -2819,11 +2819,21 @@ static int mcp25xxfd_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
                priv->devtype_data = *(struct mcp25xxfd_devtype_data *)
                        spi_get_device_id(spi)->driver_data;
 
-       /* According to the datasheet the SPI clock must be less or
-        * equal SYSCLOCK / 2.
+       /* Errata Reference:
+        * mcp2517fd: DS80000789B, mcp2518fd: DS80000792C 4.
+        *
+        * The SPI can write corrupted data to the RAM at fast SPI
+        * speeds:
+        *
+        * Simultaneous activity on the CAN bus while writing data to
+        * RAM via the SPI interface, with high SCK frequency, can
+        * lead to corrupted data being written to RAM.
+        *
+        * Fix/Work Around:
+        * Ensure that FSCK is less than or equal to 0.85 *
+        * (FSYSCLK/2).
         *
-        * It turns out, that the Controller is not stable at this
-        * rate. Known good and bad combinations are:
+        * Known good and bad combinations are:
         *
         * MCP  ext-clk SoC                     SPI                     SPI-clk 
        max-clk parent-clk      Status  config
         *
@@ -2836,7 +2846,6 @@ static int mcp25xxfd_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
         * 2517 40 MHz  atmel,sama5d27          atmel,at91rm9200-spi    
16400000 Hz      82.00%  82000000 Hz    good    default
         * 2518 40 MHz  atmel,sama5d27          atmel,at91rm9200-spi    
16400000 Hz      82.00%  82000000 Hz    good    default
         *
-        * Limit SPI clock to 85% of SYSCLOCK / 2 for now.
         */
        priv->spi_max_speed_hz_orig = spi->max_speed_hz;
        spi->max_speed_hz = min(spi->max_speed_hz, freq / 2 / 1000 * 850);
-- 
2.28.0

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