Source: linux
Version: 3.16.36-1+deb8u2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
We have a system that uses the n25q256a11 SPI flash device which is not
marked as supported in the 3.16 kernel series.
I've included a patch that enables this support. I've been applying this
patch and rebuilding the kernel packages every time Debian releases a new
version, which got old quickly. It's a simple patch and I'm hoping it will
get applied to save myself some headache every so often. :)
This patch is *not* for use in unstable, only Jessie. A version between 3.16
and 4.7 (stretch) revamped how the chip support is determined, added explicit
support for this chip, and also added a way to add new chips at runtime
without requiring a recompile - all things that make this patch pointless on
unstable/testing.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.6
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Adds support for the n25q256a11 SPI flash chip.
--- linux-3.16.7-ckt20.orig/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ linux-3.16.7-ckt20/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ static const struct spi_device_id m25p_i
{"mx25l12855e"},{"mx25l25635e"},{"mx25l25655e"},{"mx66l51235l"},
{"mx66l1g55g"},
{"n25q064"}, {"n25q128a11"}, {"n25q128a13"}, {"n25q256a"},
+ {"n25q256a11"},
{"n25q512a"}, {"n25q512ax3"}, {"n25q00"},
{"pm25lv512"}, {"pm25lv010"}, {"pm25lq032"},
{"s25sl032p"}, {"s25sl064p"}, {"s25fl256s0"}, {"s25fl256s1"},
--- linux-3.16.7-ckt20.orig/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
+++ linux-3.16.7-ckt20/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ static const struct spi_device_id spi_no
{ "n25q128a11", INFO(0x20bb18, 0, 64 * 1024, 256, 0) },
{ "n25q128a13", INFO(0x20ba18, 0, 64 * 1024, 256, 0) },
{ "n25q256a", INFO(0x20ba19, 0, 64 * 1024, 512, SECT_4K) },
+ { "n25q256a11", INFO(0x20bb19, 0, 64 * 1024, 512, SECT_4K) },
{ "n25q512a", INFO(0x20bb20, 0, 64 * 1024, 1024, SECT_4K) },
/* PMC */
