[PATCH 08/30] mtd: spi-nor: winbond: W25Q32JV-Q/N: Add quad page program capability
From: Miquel Raynal
Date: Fri May 29 2026 - 12:12:18 EST
The benefit is not massive @25MHz, yet it is a supported feature
of the chip which is already handled by a flag, so let's enable it and
earn that little 1% write throughput.
Before:
$ flash_speed /dev/mtd0 -d -c10
eraseblock write speed is 560 KiB/s
page write speed is 540 KiB/s
2 page write speed is 550 KiB/s
After:
eraseblock write speed is 578 KiB/s
page write speed is 557 KiB/s
2 page write speed is 567 KiB/s
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/spi-nor/spi0.0/capabilities
Supported read modes by the flash
1S-1S-1S
opcode 0x03
mode cycles 0
dummy cycles 0
1S-1S-2S
opcode 0x3b
mode cycles 0
dummy cycles 8
1S-2S-2S
opcode 0xbb
mode cycles 2
dummy cycles 2
1S-1S-4S
opcode 0x6b
mode cycles 0
dummy cycles 8
1S-4S-4S
opcode 0xeb
mode cycles 2
dummy cycles 4
4S-4S-4S
opcode 0xeb
mode cycles 2
dummy cycles 0
Supported page program modes by the flash
1S-1S-1S
opcode 0x02
1S-1S-4S
opcode 0x32
$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=./spi_test bs=1M count=2
2+0 records in
2+0 records out
$ mtd_debug erase /dev/mtd0 0 2097152
Erased 2097152 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash
$ mtd_debug read /dev/mtd0 0 2097152 spi_read
Copied 2097152 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to spi_read
$ hexdump spi_read
0000000 ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
*
0200000
$ sha256sum spi_read
4bda3a28f4ffe603c0ec1258c0034d65a1a0d35ab7bd523a834608adabf03cc5 spi_read
$ mtd_debug write /dev/mtd0 0 2097152 spi_test
Copied 2097152 bytes from spi_test to address 0x00000000 in flash
$ mtd_debug read /dev/mtd0 0 2097152 spi_read
Copied 2097152 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to spi_read
$ sha256sum spi*
83e7d587bce3b2031c82939839cc1fbcf62b8939b35882d176f207b0722d0dba spi_read
83e7d587bce3b2031c82939839cc1fbcf62b8939b35882d176f207b0722d0dba spi_test
$ mtd_debug erase /dev/mtd0 0 2097152
Erased 2097152 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash
$ mtd_debug read /dev/mtd0 0 2097152 spi_read
Copied 2097152 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to spi_read
$ sha256sum spi*
4bda3a28f4ffe603c0ec1258c0034d65a1a0d35ab7bd523a834608adabf03cc5 spi_read
83e7d587bce3b2031c82939839cc1fbcf62b8939b35882d176f207b0722d0dba spi_test
---
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 8fc74cba0ee0..7a8e3cbdd6a4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ static const struct flash_info winbond_nor_parts[] = {
}, {
/* W25Q32JV-Q/N */
.id = SNOR_ID(0xef, 0x40, 0x16),
+ .flags = SPI_NOR_QUAD_PP,
}, {
/* W25Q64JV-Q/N */
.id = SNOR_ID(0xef, 0x40, 0x17),
--
2.53.0