diff -ur linux-2.6.22/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c linux-2.6.22-patched/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
--- linux-2.6.22/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c	2007-07-08 18:32:17.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.22-patched/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c	2007-07-14 22:44:27.339339341 -0500
@@ -2574,13 +2574,21 @@
 	mtd->read_oob = nand_read_oob;
 	mtd->write_oob = nand_write_oob;
 	mtd->sync = nand_sync;
-	mtd->lock = NULL;
-	mtd->unlock = NULL;
 	mtd->suspend = nand_suspend;
 	mtd->resume = nand_resume;
 	mtd->block_isbad = nand_block_isbad;
 	mtd->block_markbad = nand_block_markbad;
 
+	/* check if lock/unlock functions are supported *
+	if (!chip->lock)
+		mtd->lock = NULL;
+	else
+		mtd->lock = chip->lock;
+	if (!chip->unlock)
+		mtd->unlock = NULL;
+	else
+		mtd->unlock = chip->unlock;
+
 	/* propagate ecc.layout to mtd_info */
 	mtd->ecclayout = chip->ecc.layout;
 
diff -ur linux-2.6.22/include/linux/mtd/nand.h linux-2.6.22-patched/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
--- linux-2.6.22/include/linux/mtd/nand.h	2007-07-14 22:39:16.514896979 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.22-patched/include/linux/mtd/nand.h	2007-07-14 22:41:26.745129936 -0500
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@
  * @read_buf:		[REPLACEABLE] read data from the chip into the buffer
  * @verify_buf:		[REPLACEABLE] verify buffer contents against the chip data
  * @select_chip:	[REPLACEABLE] select chip nr
+ * @lock:		[REPLACEABLE] lock a chip or sector
+ * @unlock:		[REPLACEABLE] unlock a chip or sector
  * @block_bad:		[REPLACEABLE] check, if the block is bad
  * @block_markbad:	[REPLACEABLE] mark the block bad
  * @cmd_ctrl:		[BOARDSPECIFIC] hardwarespecific funtion for controlling
@@ -372,6 +374,8 @@
 	void		(*read_buf)(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf, int len);
 	int		(*verify_buf)(struct mtd_info *mtd, const uint8_t *buf, int len);
 	void		(*select_chip)(struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip);
+	int		(*lock)(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, size_t len);
+	int		(*unlock)(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, size_t len);
 	int		(*block_bad)(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, int getchip);
 	int		(*block_markbad)(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs);
 	void		(*cmd_ctrl)(struct mtd_info *mtd, int dat,