[FS#1120] Newifi D1 - Unable to reboot

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FS#1120 - Newifi D1 - Unable to reboot
User who did this - easyteacher (easyteacher)

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As I wrote in PR#464 the/a chip reset should not be done unconditionally as it can be seen here, here and here, since it isn't required for all flash chips. It should be done conditionally. One idea I had was a device tree property like reset-on-shutdown or a new spi_nor_ids array flag. If possible the workaround should be accepted upstream or upstream should at least signalise it is the best we can do in software.
@mkresin Now that a new flag in kernel 4.9/4.14 can be used to solve the soft reboot problem, what's the reason the patch mentioned in the LEDE forum will be rejected?
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