[PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: macronix: Document support for additional flash aliases
Cheng Ming Lin
linchengming884 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 10 03:00:07 PDT 2026
Hi Michael,
Michael Walle <mwalle at kernel.org> 於 2026年4月10日週五 下午5:26寫道:
>
> 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.
Sure. I will reply with the SFDP data as soon as I have them ready.
>
> Thanks,
> -michael
>
> [1] https://docs.kernel.org/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.html
Thanks,
Cheng Ming Lin
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