[PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: macronix: Document support for additional flash aliases

Michael Walle mwalle at kernel.org
Fri Apr 10 02:26:12 PDT 2026


On Fri Apr 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM CEST, Cheng Ming Lin wrote:
> From: Cheng Ming Lin <chengminglin at mxic.com.tw>
>
> Several Macronix SPI NOR flash devices share the same ID.
> For instance, the MX25L51245G and MX25L51273G share the same ID
> (0xc2201a) with the currently listed MX66L51235F.
>
> Add these equivalent part numbers to the comments above their
> corresponding flash_info entries.
>
> While this change does not affect the functional driver logic, it
> significantly improves the searchability of the kernel source tree.
> This helps users easily verify that their specific physical part is
> fully supported, preventing confusion and deterring redundant patch
> submissions that attempt to add duplicate entries for these alias parts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cheng Ming Lin <chengminglin at mxic.com.tw>

Hi Cheng,

could you please provide an SFDP dump of all these chips? See [1]
for more information.

Thanks,
-michael

[1] https://docs.kernel.org/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.html
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