[PATCH 1/2] mtd: spi-nor: add an option to force 3byte adressing mode

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> index 1413828..029c87d 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
> @@ -2002,7 +2002,17 @@ int spi_nor_scan(struct spi_nor *nor, const char *name,
>  		if (JEDEC_MFR(info) == SNOR_MFR_SPANSION ||
>  		    info->flags & SPI_NOR_4B_OPCODES)
>  			spi_nor_set_4byte_opcodes(nor, info);
> -		else
> +		else if (of_property_read_bool(np, "spi-3byte-addressing")) {
> +			/*
> +			 * Do not enter 4byte mode in order to prevent
> +			 * the early bootloader to come up on non-default
> +			 * SPI NOR memory during boot. Limit accessible
> +			 * size to 16MiB.
> +			 */
> +			nor->addr_width = 3;
> +			mtd->size = 0x1000000;
> +			dev_info(dev, "Force 3B addressing mode\n");

I'd append "limiting access to first 16MiB" .. because otherwise
people will wonder where their flash went.
									Pavel
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