[PATCH] mtd: m25p80: Add support for Micron N25Q512A memory

Jain Priyanka-B32167 B32167 at freescale.com
Tue Oct 15 00:32:41 EDT 2013


Thanks Brian,,Marek, 

I will make the correction and send the updated patch . 

Regards
Priyanka
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Norris [mailto:computersforpeace at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 2:32 AM
> To: Marek Vasut
> Cc: Jain Priyanka-B32167; Artem Bityutskiy; linux-mtd at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: m25p80: Add support for Micron N25Q512A memory
> 
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> > Dear Brian Norris,
> >
> >> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> >> > Hi Brian,
> >> >
> >> >>  + Marek for real!
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Brian Norris
> >> >>
> >> >> <computersforpeace at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > + Marek
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 10:16:56AM +0530, Priyanka Jain wrote:
> >> >> >> Micron N25Q512A is a spi flash memory with following features:
> >> >> >> -64MB size, 1.8V, Mulitple I/O, 4KB Sector erase memory.
> >> >> >> -Memory is organised as 1024(64KB) main sectors.
> >> >> >> -Each sector is divided into 256 pages.
> >> >> >> -Register set/Opcodes are similar to other N25Q family products.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Priyanka Jain <Priyanka.Jain at freescale.com>
> >> >> >> ---
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>  drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c |    1 +
> >> >> >>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> >> >> >> b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c index 26b14f9..94e3b53 100644
> >> >> >> --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> >> >> >> +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> >> >> >> @@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ static const struct spi_device_id
> >> >> >> m25p_ids[] = {
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>       { "n25q128a11",  INFO(0x20bb18, 0, 64 * 1024, 256, 0) },
> >> >> >>       { "n25q128a13",  INFO(0x20ba18, 0, 64 * 1024, 256, 0) },
> >> >> >>       { "n25q256a", INFO(0x20ba19, 0, 64 * 1024, 512, SECT_4K)
> >> >> >> },
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> +     { "n25q512a", INFO(0x20bb20, 0, 64 * 1024, 512, SECT_4K)
> >> >> >> + },
> >> >
> >> > Why does this n25q256a and n25q512a have exactly the same geometry?
> >> > I mean, those chips differ in size, do they not ? ;-)
> >> >
> >> >> > This device actually has the same ID as Micron's next line
> >> >> > (MT25QL512A). They have the same geometry, so maybe that's not a
> >> >> > problem.
> >>
> >> I was referring to Micron n25q512a (which this patch mentions) and
> >> Micron's new generation of flash MT25QL512A (not mentioned in the
> >> original code or patch). They are different flash and are named
> >> differently but have the same ID. Perhaps my usage of the word "line"
> >> was confusing.
> >
> > Yes I know. Still, that n25q512a line being the exact copy of n25q256a
> > doesn't seem right.
> 
> Sorry, I didn't check the original patch carefully enough, and I
> subsequently misunderstood your question. I believe the patch is
> incorrect; it should be 512Mbit (64MByte) which makes it 64KB sector x
> 1024 number of sectors, not 64KB sector x 512 number of sectors. Good
> catch.
> 
> Priyanka, can you submit and test a corrected patch?
> 
> > The new ql512a seems line just a compatible replacement part for older
> lineup.
> > Happens all the time.
> 
> Hmm, OK.
> 
> Brian





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