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MX25L(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual MX25L(4) NAME mx25l -- SpiFlash compatible non-volatile storage devices driver SYNOPSIS device mx25l In loader.conf(5): mx25l_load="YES" DESCRIPTION The mx25l driver provides support for the family of non-volatile stor- age devices known collectively as SpiFlash(tm). SpiFlash chips typi- cally have part numbers beginning with EN25, IS25, MX25, S25, SST25, or W25. The mx25l driver uses opcode 0x9f to read the manufacturer and device ID data to determine whether the device is supported. The device ID is looked up using a table of data within the driver which describes the attributes of each supported device, such as block size, sector size, and device capacity. When a supported device is found, the mx25l dri- ver creates a disk device and makes it accessible at /dev/flash/spi?. The new disk device is then tasted by the available geom(4) modules as with any disk device. HARDWARE The mx25l driver supports the following spi flash memory devices: • AT25DF641 • EN25F32 • EN25P32 • EN25P64 • EN25Q32 • EN25Q64 • GD25Q64 • M25P32 • M25P64 • MX25L1606E • MX25LL128 • MX25LL256 • MX25LL32 • MX25LL64 • N25Q64 • S25FL032 • S25FL064 • S25FL128 • S25FL256S • SST25VF010A • SST25VF032B • W25Q128 • W25Q256 • W25Q32 • W25Q64 • W25Q64BV • W25X32 • W25X64 FDT CONFIGURATION On an fdt(4) based system, the mx25l device is defined as a slave de- vice subnode of the SPI bus controller node. All properties documented in the spibus.txt bindings document can be used with the mx25l device. The most commonly-used ones are documented below. The following properties are required in the mx25l device subnode: compatible Must be the string "jedec,spi-nor". reg Chip select address of device. spi-max-frequency The maximum bus frequency to use when communicating with this slave device. Actual bus speed may be lower, depending on the capabilities of the SPI bus controller hardware. The following properties are optional for the mx25l device subnode: spi-cpha Empty property indicating the slave device requires shifted clock phase (CPHA) mode. spi-cpol Empty property indicating the slave device requires inverse clock polarity (CPOL) mode. spi-cs-high Empty property indicating the slave device requires chip select active high. HINTS CONFIGURATION On a device.hints(5) based system, such as MIPS, these values are con- figurable for mx25l: hint.mx25l.%d.at The spibus the mx25l instance is attached to. hint.mx25l.%d.clock The maximum bus frequency to use when communicating with this device. Actual bus speed may be lower, depending on the capa- bilities of the SPI bus controller hardware. hint.mx25l.%d.cs The chip-select number to assert when performing I/O for this device. Set the high bit (1 << 31) to invert the logic level of the chip select line. hint.mx25l.%d.mode The SPI mode (0-3) to use when communicating with this device. FILES /dev/flash/spi? Provides read/write access to the storage device. SEE ALSO fdt(4), geom(4) HISTORY The mx25l driver first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0. FreeBSD 15.0 November 11, 2025 MX25L(4)
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