[PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: spi-nor: macronix: Drop the redundant flash info fields

[Pratyush Yadav]

On Sat, Jun 07 2025, Guenter Roeck wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 03:53:58PM +0800, Cheng Ming Lin wrote:
>> From: Cheng Ming Lin <chengminglin at mxic.com.tw>
>> 
>> Many flash devices share the same ID but have different part numbers.
>> To avoid confusion, the part number field is removed.
>> 
>> Additionally, since SFDP already provides size information and
>> functionality covered by no_sfdp_flags, these fields are also removed.
>> 
>> Furthermore, when 4-byte address instruction table is available,
>> the SPI_NOR_4B_OPCODES flag is no longer needed and is removed.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Cheng Ming Lin <chengminglin at mxic.com.tw>
>> Acked-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus at linaro.org>
>
> With this patch in place, some of my qemu tests no longer recognize the
> flash chips (MX25L25635E/F). Do you have a suggestion on how to handle
> this other than avoiding Macronix flash chips when working with qemu ?

Could you share some logs? Does the flash fail to detect, or does the
SFDP-based probing fail? Since this is qemu, it would be even better if
you can share a setup/reproduction guide. I have been meaning to set up
qemu for SPI NOR testing for some time now, but never got around to
figuring it out.

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav