[flashrom] New SPI NOR Flash product Support

Fri Mar 25 22:17:27 CET 2016

On Saturday 26 March 2016 02:19 AM, Victor Lim wrote:
> Thanks, Hatim,
> 
> I will check with our factory to understand why the GD25Q128C was not sent
> to you. Did they replace it with the GD25Q127C?
> 

My sincere apologies Victor. I rechecked, the GD25Q128C was indeed sent. I had kept it aside along with a few other packages while waiting for the IC clips. 

I was wondering if you could send a few samples of these - GD25Q40C, GD25Q127C, GD25VQ21B, GD25VQ40C, GD25LQ05B, GD25LQ40, GD25LQ80, GD25LQ16, GD25LQ32C, GD25LQ64C. Most of these are marked mass produced on your website (and in some cases are recommended over others). I am willing to test these, and flashrom in general will also benefit.

Thanks. :)

> Regards,
> 
> Victor
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hatim Kanchwala [mailto:hatim at hatimak.me] 
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 1:27 PM
> To: Victor Lim <vlim at gigadevice.com>
> Cc: flashrom at flashrom.org; ksong at gigadevice.com
> Subject: Re: [flashrom] New SPI NOR Flash product Support
> 
> Hello Victor,
> 
> I am doing fine, thanks :) The following chips have been tested successfully
> - GD25D05B/10B, GD25LQ10B/20B/40B/80B, GD25Q21B/41B and GD25VQ41B (reported
> by David Hendrix). Test logs for the first 8 of these chips can be found
> here - https://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2016-March/014537.html.
> The patches for all these chips and additionally GD25Q80C/16C have been sent
> and are waiting for further review. I have ordered some IC clips, so I will
> test the remaining chips as soon as those arrive. Unfortunately, one of the
> chips you explicitly requested support for, GD25Q128C was not included in
> the samples so was not tested. But support for it has already been added ;)
> Apologies for the late reply. :)
> 
> On Tuesday 22 March 2016 01:20 AM, Victor Lim wrote:
>> Hi, Hatim,
>>
>> How are you doing? Hope all the sample test results are good.
>> Can you please update the status so that I can ask customer to try out.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Victor
>>
>>  
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hatim Kanchwala [mailto:hatim at hatimak.me]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 9:02 AM
>> To: Victor Lim <vlim at gigadevice.com>
>> Cc: flashrom at flashrom.org; ksong at gigadevice.com
>> Subject: Re: [flashrom] New SPI NOR Flash product Support
>>
>> Hello Victor,
>>
>> Support for two chips you requested was added some time ago in r1937 
>> (look here https://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/flashrom/changeset/1937). 
>> I am waiting for samples to perform tests. FedEx was in touch 
>> regarding documents for customs clearance, so delivery should be in a 
>> day or two. In the meanwhile I am working on support for other 
>> GigaDevice chips (http://www.gigadevice.com/product-series/12.html).
>>
>> On Wednesday 24 February 2016 04:47 AM, Victor Lim wrote:
>>> Hi, Hatim,
>>>
>>> How is the new program to include these two part #?
>>> I have sent the samples to you, but they are held up at the Fedex 
>>> facility at New Delhi.
>>> Can you please give Fedex the instruction for delivery?
>>> The tracking # is 806824856677
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Victor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Victor Lim [mailto:vlim at gigadevice.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 3:02 PM
>>> To: 'Hatim Kanchwala' <hatim at hatimak.me>
>>> Cc: 'flashrom at flashrom.org' <flashrom at flashrom.org>
>>> Subject: RE: [flashrom] New SPI NOR Flash product Support
>>>
>>> Thanks, Hatim,
>>>
>>> Please help me on these two part #s, datasheets are attached.
>>> 1) GD25VQ41B
>>> 2) GD25Q128C
>>>
>>> Can you provide the ship to address, I will send you same samples. 
>>> What package type do you prefer?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Victor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Hatim Kanchwala [mailto:hatim at hatimak.me]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 12:27 PM
>>> To: Victor Lim <vlim at gigadevice.com>
>>> Cc: flashrom at flashrom.org
>>> Subject: Re: [flashrom] New SPI NOR Flash product Support
>>>
>>> Hello Victor,
>>>
>>> I have recently started looking at flashrom and have contributed by 
>>> adding a few SPI flashchip definitions. I would be glad to add 
>>> support for the SPI chips. Usually datasheets are sufficient for 
>>> adding flashchip support (as long as datasheets convey full 
>>> information on functionality). However, the chips remain untested. I 
>>> would be glad to test them as well if you are willing to provide 
>>> samples (I am at a University, so I have access to a lab with equipment
> for testing).
>>>
>>> On Wednesday 10 February 2016 12:18 AM, Victor Lim wrote:
>>>> Hi, Flashrom team,
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> I am the FAE manager for Gigadevice and would like to know how I can 
>>>> work
>>> with you to add our part # to your support list.
>>>>
>>>> A customer of mine is looking to program our GD25VQ41B with your 
>>>> tool and
>>> found that it is not supported by your tools.
>>>>
>>>> It would like grateful if you can support our entire SPI NOR portfolio.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Victor Lim(Gigadevice/MK IV/FAE Manager)
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
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>> --
>> Kind Regards,
>> Hatim Kanchwala
>> http://hatimak.me
>> B. Tech. Electrical Engineering
>> Indian Institute of Technology Patna
>>
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> Kind Regards,
> Hatim Kanchwala
> http://hatimak.me
> B. Tech. Electrical Engineering
> Indian Institute of Technology Patna
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Kind Regards,
Hatim Kanchwala
http://hatimak.me
B. Tech. Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Patna