1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/spi/flash.h b/include/linux/spi/flash.h
index 2ce6558bf3f8..3f22932e67a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/flash.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/flash.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ struct mtd_partition;
  * @name: optional flash device name (eg, as used with mtdparts=)
  * @parts: optional array of mtd_partitions for static partitioning
  * @nr_parts: number of mtd_partitions for static partitoning
+ * @type: optional flash device type (e.g. m25p80 vs m25p64), for use
+ *      with chips that can't be queried for JEDEC or other IDs
  *
  * Board init code (in arch/.../mach-xxx/board-yyy.c files) can
  * provide information about SPI flash parts (such as DataFlash) to
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ struct flash_platform_data {
         struct mtd_partition *parts;
         unsigned int    nr_parts;
 
+        char            *type;
+
         /* we'll likely add more ... use JEDEC IDs, etc */
 };