This patch adds some calls to set the flash chip in the read-status-
register- or read-id-mode before the corresponding register is
read back. This problem was detected while porting the common CFI
driver to support the Xilinx DS617 flash chips.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <s...@denx.de>
---
 drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c b/drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c
index c92c7a7..e2317bd 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/cfi_flash.c
@@ -1426,6 +1426,11 @@ int flash_real_protect (flash_info_t * info, long 
sector, int prot)
 #endif
        };
 
+       /*
+        * Flash needs to be in status register read mode for
+        * flash_full_status_check() to work correctly
+        */
+       flash_write_cmd(info, sector, 0, FLASH_CMD_READ_STATUS);
        if ((retcode =
             flash_full_status_check (info, sector, info->erase_blk_tout,
                                      prot ? "protect" : "unprotect")) == 0) {
@@ -1973,6 +1978,13 @@ ulong flash_get_size (phys_addr_t base, int banknum, 
unsigned long max_size)
                                case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_PROG_REGIONS:
                                case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_EXTENDED:
                                case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_STANDARD:
+                                       /*
+                                        * Set flash to read-id mode. Otherwise
+                                        * reading protected status is not
+                                        * guaranteed.
+                                        */
+                                       flash_write_cmd(info, sect_cnt, 0,
+                                                       FLASH_CMD_READ_ID);
                                        info->protect[sect_cnt] =
                                                flash_isset (info, sect_cnt,
                                                             
FLASH_OFFSET_PROTECT,
-- 
1.7.3.2

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