Re: [PATCH 08/30] mtd: spi-nor: winbond: W25Q32JV-Q/N: Add quad page program capability

Miquel Raynal <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:01:55 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.drivers.mtd
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> 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.
>
> If we really go the drop any support for non-SFDP flashes and I'm
> still not sure about that. I'd argue that the entry should have been
> dropped entirely. Cleanup up the that table instead of adding a
> feature you already say isn't that useful, nor do I think is often
> used, as these tiny nor flashes are mostly used for read-only
> storage (or at least not writing that much).

Well, it's always a little plus, but Linux has to be generic and since
we are going to take the path of keep supporting the oldest chips, I
will drop those patches as well.

Thanks,
Miquèl