I'd like to let you know that I successfully programmed the above chip using a ft2232 based "TUMPA" interface card. I've programmed two chips on two separate boards, but worked fine and booted Linux.
I did get one "get_buf failed: 1 ftdi_write_data: -19, usb bulk write failed send_buf failed at end: 1 FAILED."
Error, but that probably has nothing to do with the MX25L12805(D) chip.
Thanks for the code !
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