mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: Read data 3 times to check write operation status

[Boris Brezillon]

On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 05:54:43 +0000
IKEGAMI Tokunori <ikegami at allied-telesis.co.jp> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Let us consult to change mtd cfi_cmdset_0002 to read data 3 times as below patch.
> Can we change the mtd cfi_cmdset_0002 driver like this?
> If any comment or concern please let us know.
> 
> From d924822c996b9c0eccc815e5018a0c3ea6077137 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Tokunori Ikegami <ikegami at allied-telesis.co.jp>
> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:26:37 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: Read data 3 times to check write
>  operation status
> 
> Cypress S29GLxxxP flash is needed to read data 3 times to check DQ6 toggles.
> Actually the read data is sometimes changed by the 3rd reading.
> Also this is caused on other flash device also.
> The flash write failure is possible to be caused by the error.
> To resolve the issue change the read number of times to 3 from 2.

Is this patch still needed, or is [1] supposed to replace it?

[1]http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/910857/