[PATCH v2 1/3] mtd: spi-nor: winbond: Fix locking support for w25q256jwm

From: Eliav Farber

Date: Wed Feb 18 2026 - 09:36:11 EST


The Winbond w25q256jwm device supports four Block Protect (BP) bits and
uses Status Register bit 6 as the Top/Bottom (TB) protect bit.

Update the flash parameters by enabling SPI_NOR_4BIT_BP and
SPI_NOR_TB_SR_BIT6. 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>
---
This flash is populated on the al11_k2v6_jrd10 board and was tested at
35700000 frequency using the amazon,alpine-dw-apb-ssi SPI controller.

root@alpine:~# cat /sys/bus/spi/devices/spi3.0/spi-nor/partname
w25q256jwm
root@alpine:~# cat /sys/bus/spi/devices/spi3.0/spi-nor/jedec_id
ef8019
root@alpine:~# cat /sys/bus/spi/devices/spi3.0/spi-nor/manufacturer
winbond

root@alpine:~# xxd -p /sys/bus/spi/devices/spi3.0/spi-nor/sfdp
53464450060101ff00060110800000ff84000102d00000ffffffffffffff
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
ffffffffffffffffe520fbffffffff0f44eb086b083b42bbfeffffffffff
0000ffff40eb0c200f5210d800003602a60082ea14d3e96376337a757a75
f7bdd55c19f75dffe970f9a5ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff0a
f0ff21ffdcff

root@alpine:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/spi-nor/spi3.0/capabilities
Supported read modes by the flash
1S-1S-1S
opcode 0x13
mode cycles 0
dummy cycles 0
1S-1S-2S
opcode 0x3c
mode cycles 0
dummy cycles 8
1S-2S-2S
opcode 0xbc
mode cycles 2
dummy cycles 2
1S-1S-4S
opcode 0x6c
mode cycles 0
dummy cycles 8
1S-4S-4S
opcode 0xec
mode cycles 2
dummy cycles 4
4S-4S-4S
opcode 0xec
mode cycles 2
dummy cycles 0

Supported page program modes by the flash
1S-1S-1S
opcode 0x12
1S-1S-4S
opcode 0x34

root@alpine:~# cat /sys/kernel/debug/spi-nor/spi3.0/params
name w25q256jwm
id ef 80 19 00 00 00
size 32.0 MiB
write size 1
page size 256
address nbytes 4
flags HAS_SR_TB | 4B_OPCODES | HAS_4BAIT | HAS_LOCK | HAS_16BIT_SR | HAS_SR_TB_BIT6 | HAS_4BIT_BP | SOFT_RESET

opcodes
read 0x13
dummy cycles 0
erase 0x21
program 0x12
8D extension none

protocols
read 1S-1S-1S
write 1S-1S-1S
register 1S-1S-1S

erase commands
21 (4.00 KiB) [1]
dc (64.0 KiB) [3]
c7 (32.0 MiB)

sector map
region (in hex) | erase mask | overlaid
------------------+------------+----------
00000000-01ffffff | [ 1 ] | no

root@alpine:~# dd if=/dev/urandom of=./spi_test bs=65536 count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
65536 bytes (66 kB, 64 KiB) copied, 0.0002316 s, 283 MB/s

root@alpine:~# mtd_debug erase /dev/mtd22 0 65536
Erased 65536 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash

root@alpine:~# mtd_debug read /dev/mtd22 0 65536 spi_read
Copied 65536 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to spi_read

root@alpine:~# hexdump spi_read
0000000 ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff
*
0010000

root@alpine:~# sha256sum spi_read
71189f7fb6aed638640078fba3a35fda6c39c8962e74dcc75935aac948da9063 spi_read

root@alpine:~# mtd_debug write /dev/mtd22 0 65536 spi_test
Copied 65536 bytes from spi_test to address 0x00000000 in flash

root@alpine:~# mtd_debug read /dev/mtd22 0 65536 spi_read
Copied 65536 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to spi_read

root@alpine:~# sha256sum spi*
b16b45f0cb74ba65d81766e9007d8cd1fbd3ac7ca7fbbd76fa4d181c3c1d52c0 spi_read
b16b45f0cb74ba65d81766e9007d8cd1fbd3ac7ca7fbbd76fa4d181c3c1d52c0 spi_test

root@alpine:~# mtd_debug erase /dev/mtd22 0 65536
Erased 65536 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash

root@alpine:~# mtd_debug read /dev/mtd22 0 65536 spi_read
Copied 65536 bytes from address 0x00000000 in flash to spi_read

root@alpine:~# sha256sum spi*
71189f7fb6aed638640078fba3a35fda6c39c8962e74dcc75935aac948da9063 spi_read
b16b45f0cb74ba65d81766e9007d8cd1fbd3ac7ca7fbbd76fa4d181c3c1d52c0 spi_test

root@alpine:~# mtd_debug info /dev/mtd22
mtd.type = MTD_NORFLASH
mtd.flags = MTD_CAP_NORFLASH
mtd.size = 65536 (64K)
mtd.erasesize = 4096 (4K)
mtd.writesize = 1
mtd.oobsize = 0
regions = 0

drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
index fb855fe44733..55f1209936d5 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static const struct flash_info winbond_nor_parts[] = {
.id = SNOR_ID(0xef, 0x80, 0x19),
.name = "w25q256jwm",
.size = SZ_32M,
- .flags = SPI_NOR_HAS_LOCK | SPI_NOR_HAS_TB,
+ .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, 0x80, 0x20),
--
2.47.3