[GIT PULL] mtd: Changes for 6.17
Pratyush Yadav
pratyush at kernel.org
Fri Aug 1 07:47:13 PDT 2025
Hi Miquel,
On Thu, Jul 31 2025, Miquel Raynal wrote:
[...]
> * MTD changes:
>
> Apart from a binding conversion to yaml, only minor changes/small fixes
> have been merged.
>
> * Raw NAND changes:
>
> Various controller drivers received minor fixes like DMA mapping checks,
> better timing derivations or bitflip statistics.
> It has also been discovered that some Hynix NAND flashes were not
> supporting read-retries, which is not properly supported.
>
> * SPI NAND changes:
>
> In order to support high-speed modes, certain chips need extra
> configuration like adding more dummy cycles. This is now possible,
> especially on Winbond chips.
>
> Aside from that, Gigadevice gets support for a new chip (GD5F1GM9).
>
> * SPI NOR changes:
>
> A notable changes is the fix for exiting 4-byte addressing on Infineon
> SEMPER flashes. These flashes do not support the standard EX4B
> opcode (E9h), and use a vendor-specific opcode (B8h) instead.
>
> There is also a fix for unlocking flashes that are write-protected at
> power-on. This was caused by using an uninitialized mtd_info in
> spi_nor_try_unlock_all().
I personally think bullet points are a bit easier to read for changelogs
compared to paragraphs since there is less filler text needed. For
example, my original merge message didn't the "there is also a fix for".
It just said "Fix unlocking of...".
Anyway, if you still prefer paragraphs then do let me know and I'll use
those next time around and save you some editing.
[...]
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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
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