Imx6-newuboot SPI flash change

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Due to an EOL the SPI flash on this product is changing. The old part is a Micron N25Q064A13ESE40F. Two new parts were qualified to reduce the impact of any potential EOL in the future. The new parts are the Microchip's SST26VF064BA, and ISSI's IS25LP064A.

Most applications will not be affected by this change unless they are manually accessing /dev/mtdblock0 or creating a custom u-boot. In those cases some updates will be required.

Linux Kernel Changes

Rebuilding the latest kernel in our git will include these changes, but the specific commits for our various kernel branches are:

U-Boot Changes

These two patches are required for the new flash:

Images with support

Any of our Linux images after March 7th, 2018 include support for this new SPI flash.

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