Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: spi-nor: Fix the writing of the Status Register on micron flashes

From: Miquel Raynal
Date: Thu Jan 09 2020 - 14:52:26 EST


On Tue, 2019-12-03 at 14:50:01 UTC, wrote:
> From: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Micron flashes do not support 16 bit writes on the Status Register.
> According to micron datasheets, when using the Write Status Register
> (01h) command, the chip select should be driven LOW and held LOW until
> the eighth bit of the last data byte has been latched in, after which
> it must be driven HIGH. If CS is not driven HIGH, the command is not
> executed, flag status register error bits are not set, and the write enable
> latch remains set to 1. This fixes the lock operations on micron flashes.
>
> Reported-by: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 39d1e3340c73 ("mtd: spi-nor: Fix clearing of QE bit on lock()/unlock()")
> Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtd/linux.git mtd/fixes, thanks.

Miquel