[GIT PULL] mtd: Changes for 6.17

Miquel Raynal miquel.raynal at bootlin.com
Fri Aug 1 08:01:56 PDT 2025


Hello Pratyush,

>> * 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.

Some time ago Linus asked me to change the content of the PR description
(I was mostly listing the patches) and pointed to examples which were
mostly plain English, not bullet points. So I changed both the content
(hinting what are the major changes and roughly describing the small
ones) and the form (no bullet points). I've kept splitting the
subsystems with '*' though, as the changes in each subsystem are
mostly unrelated.

I'm fine either ways, but I assumed until now that the preferred form
was plain text descriptions.

Cheers,
Miquèl



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