Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mtd: spi-nor: micron-st: make mt25ql02g/mt25qu02g match more specific, add 4B opcodes

From: Matthias Schiffer
Date: Fri Dec 17 2021 - 05:07:20 EST


On Fri, 2021-12-17 at 00:22 +0530, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> Hi Matthias,
>
> On 07/10/21 02:08PM, Matthias Schiffer wrote:
> > Change the mt25ql02g/mt25qu02g entries to include
> > SPI_NOR_4B_OPCODES. In
> > addition, the SPI_NOR_DUAL_READ flag is added to mt25ql02g; this
> > seems
> > to have been an accidental omission, as mt25ql02g and mt25qu02g
> > should
> > support the same features.
>
> The way flags are specified are changed a bit. See [0]. Please re-
> roll
> your patch to use the new flag types. If this flash supports SFDP
> you
> should ideally just need to set the sfdp flag to true and the core
> should take care of the rest. Test reports with the new changes would
> be
> much appreciated :-)

Will do. Is there an easy way to check which features the kernel
detected from the SFDP with the new code?


>
> > In addition, the entries are made more specific by matching on the
> > mt25q
> > extended ID, like it is already done for the smaller n25q
> > derivatives.
> > It is unclear whether n25q derivatives with 2Gbit exist that do not
> > support 4B opcodes (like it is the case for sizes up to 512MBit),
> > so we
> > do not have a match for such variants anymore (as we wouldn't even
> > know
> > how to name such hypothetical models).
>
> Sounds good to me.
>
> > The changes were tested with a mt25qu01g, which should support the
> > same
> > features as the mt25ql02g/mt25qu02g.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <matthias.schiffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > ---
> >
>
> [0]
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-mtd/list/?series=275622&state=%2A&archive=both
>