Re: [PATCH 2/4] mtd: spi-nor: winbond: Fix locking support for w25q256jw

From: Michael Walle

Date: Tue Feb 10 2026 - 02:39:37 EST


On Sun Feb 8, 2026 at 7:19 AM CET, Eliav Farber wrote:
> The Winbond w25q256jw device:
> - Supports lock/unlock via SR.
> - Has Top/Bottom (TB) protect bit.
> - Uses Status Register bit 6 as the Top/Bottom (TB) protect bit.
> - Supports four Block Protect (BP) bits.
>
> Update the flash parameters by enabling SPI_NOR_HAS_LOCK, SPI_NOR_HAS_TB,
> SPI_NOR_TB_SR_BIT6 and SPI_NOR_4BIT_BP. Without these flags, the locking
> configuration is incorrect.
>
> Reference:
> https://www.winbond.com/hq/support/documentation/levelOne.jsp?__locale=en&DocNo=DA00-W25Q256JW.1
>
> Signed-off-by: Eliav Farber <farbere@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
> index 55f1209936d5..6d325da121b4 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
> @@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ static const struct flash_info winbond_nor_parts[] = {
> .id = SNOR_ID(0xef, 0x60, 0x19),
> .name = "w25q256jw",
> .size = SZ_32M,
> + .flags = SPI_NOR_HAS_LOCK | SPI_NOR_HAS_TB | SPI_NOR_TB_SR_BIT6 | SPI_NOR_4BIT_BP,
> .no_sfdp_flags = SECT_4K | SPI_NOR_DUAL_READ | SPI_NOR_QUAD_READ,
> }, {
> .id = SNOR_ID(0xef, 0x60, 0x20),

Reviewed-by: Michael Walle <mwalle@xxxxxxxxxx>

-michael

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