Re: [PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: add support for GigaDevice GD25D05

[Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@xxxxxx>]

Hi

On 04/02/20 7:40 pm, Koen Vandeputte wrote:
> 
> On 14.01.20 10:13, Koen Vandeputte wrote:
>>
>> On 11.01.20 16:52, Tudor.Ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Hi, Koen,
>>>
>>> On Monday, January 6, 2020 2:46:24 PM EET Koen Vandeputte wrote:
>>>> Tested on a MikroTik RB912UAG-5HPnD r2
>>>>
>>>> [    0.641714] m25p80 spi0.0: found gd25d05, expected m25p80
>>>> [    0.649916] m25p80 spi0.0: gd25d05 (64 Kbytes)
>>>> [    0.655122] Creating 4 MTD partitions on "spi0.0":
>>>> [    0.660164] 0x000000000000-0x00000000c000 : "routerboot"
>>>> [    0.667782] 0x00000000c000-0x00000000d000 : "hard_config"
>>>> [    0.675073] 0x00000000d000-0x00000000e000 : "bios"
>>>> [    0.682613] 0x00000000e000-0x00000000f000 : "soft_config"
>>> I'm afraid that this is not enough. You'll have to test all the flags
>>> that you
>>> advertised. Typically one should do a read, erase, write, read-back
>>> test, and
>>> then to exercise the lock and unlock features. If you want to be
>>> exhaustive,
>>> you can force the controller to do the reads in single, dual or quad
>>> modes,
>>> but if you choose to test just the best supported read mode, it is
>>> fine too.
>>> Please specify in the commit message what you tested.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> ta
>> Hi Tudor,
>>
>> Thanks for the guidance here as it's my first patch towards this part
>> of the kernel.
>>
>> I've not only went through the datasheet of this device, but also the
>> datasheet from another very similar GD chip carrying the same specs
>> All features as indicated by the flags are clearly described in both
>> datasheets. (like, Single, Dual, Quad modes)
>>
>> The only delta is the amount of advertised blocks, and some other chip
>> package details out-of-scope from electrical performance.
>>
>> Is this clarification enough to send a V2 with a modified commit msg?
>>

Please add what modes were tested as part of commit message and respin.

BTW, there is GD25D05B and GD25D05C. Which is the flash this that you
have tested with (please add that info to commit message)?

Regards
Vignesh

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