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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 168d3ba063c3..c4d26de74349 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
mtd->index = i;
mtd->usecount = 0;
+ /* Some chips always power up locked. Unlock them now */
+ if ((mtd->flags & MTD_WRITEABLE)
+ && (mtd->flags & MTD_STUPID_LOCK) && mtd->unlock) {
+ if (mtd->unlock(mtd, 0, mtd->size))
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "%s: unlock failed, "
+ "writes may not work\n",
+ mtd->name);
+ }
+
DEBUG(0, "mtd: Giving out device %d to %s\n",i, mtd->name);
/* No need to get a refcount on the module containing
the notifier, since we hold the mtd_table_mutex */