[U-Boot] [PATCH] MTD: Add support for S25FL032P spi nor-flash

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Tuesday, August 24, 2010 14:36:43 David Jander wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 August 2010 06:06:26 pm Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 24, 2010 02:39:16 David Jander wrote:
> > > On Monday 23 August 2010 06:31:26 pm Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > On Monday, August 23, 2010 09:12:16 David Jander wrote:
> > > > > +	{
> > > > > +		.idcode1 = SPSN_ID_S25FL032A,
> > > > > +		.idcode2 = SPSN_EXT_ID_S25FL032P,
> > > > > +		.idmask2 = 0xff00,
> > > > 
> > > > what does the idcode2 look like such that you need a mask ?
> > > 
> > > According to the datasheet the RDID command (0x9f) returns the
> > > following bytes:
> > > 
> > > byte 0: Manufacturer ID = 0x01
> > > byte 1,2: Device ID = 0x02, 0x15 (same as S25FL032A)
> > > byte 3: Extended ID = 0x4d
> > > byte 4,5,6: Spansion reserved (do not use).
> > > 
> > > byte 4 is read as 0x00 on my part, but due to the above explaination, I
> > > cannot say for sure it is always the same, so I had to implement a mask
> > > to check for it.
> > 
> > i'd rather we delay adding code to support something that may never
> > change. so drop the whole idmask2 stuff and wait for it to become an
> > actual problem
> 
> I agree that chances this ever breaks might seem rather tiny, but if it
> ever does break, waiting for it to happen could trigger a much bigger
> problem than it is to add these few lines; in the worst case, in some
> distant future, some boards will just not work for no apparent reason (if
> spansion decided to do something with byte 4 without notifying), and
> nobody will remember this discussion anymore...

considering the problem is rather minute and easily detected, i dont think 
it'll be that big of a deal

> OTOH, you decide. It's ok with me if you want to leave it out. Given the
> fact that you had already accepted this patch, should I send a new version
> (without the mask)?

it's in a branch of mine that i can throw away, so just send a new patch based 
on current mainline and i'll integrate it.  thanks !
-mike
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