Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: spi-nor: macronix: Drop the redundant flash info fields

From: Michael Walle

Date: Wed Sep 24 2025 - 08:11:09 EST


> The root cause of this problem lies in the failure of parsing the SFDP
> data for the flash, rather than an issue with the patch itself. I believe
> we should not revert this patch.

I disagree. There are Macronix flashes with that ID which doesn't
have SFDP. And this patch is dropping support for them. See also
[1]. Now I'm not sure it is worth reverting this commit. Nobody,
except Guenter complained, but only *so far* (and that patch is in
since 6.16). Any opinions?

-michael

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/DD10GE4EOCD7.CPTN7198QFUV@xxxxxxxxxx/

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