diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig
index 84f2eb1fae02..5038e90ceb12 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ config MTD_DATAFLASH
 	  Sometimes DataFlash chips are packaged inside MMC-format
 	  cards; at this writing, the MMC stack won't handle those.
 
+config MTD_M25P80
+	tristate "Support for M25 SPI Flash"
+	depends on MTD && SPI_MASTER && EXPERIMENTAL
+	help
+	  This enables access to ST M25P80 and similar SPI flash chips,
+	  used for program and data storage.  Set up your spi devices
+	  with the right board-specific platform data.
+
 config MTD_SLRAM
 	tristate "Uncached system RAM"
 	depends on MTD
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/devices/Makefile
index cd8d8074b5b6..7c5ed2178380 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/Makefile
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_LART)		+= lart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_BLKMTD)	+= blkmtd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK2MTD)	+= block2mtd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_DATAFLASH)	+= mtd_dataflash.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_M25P80)	+= m25p80.o
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71a072103a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -0,0 +1,580 @@
+/*
+ * MTD SPI driver for ST M25Pxx flash chips
+ *
+ * Author: Mike Lavender, mike@steroidmicros.com
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, Intec Automation Inc.
+ *
+ * Some parts are based on lart.c by Abraham Van Der Merwe
+ *
+ * Cleaned up and generalized based on mtd_dataflash.c
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
+#include <linux/mtd/partitions.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/spi/flash.h>
+
+#include <asm/semaphore.h>
+
+
+/* NOTE: AT 25F and SST 25LF series are very similar,
+ * but commands for sector erase and chip id differ...
+ */
+
+#define FLASH_PAGESIZE		256
+
+/* Flash opcodes. */
+#define	OPCODE_WREN		6	/* Write enable */
+#define	OPCODE_RDSR		5	/* Read status register */
+#define	OPCODE_READ		3	/* Read data bytes */
+#define	OPCODE_PP		2	/* Page program */
+#define	OPCODE_SE		0xd8	/* Sector erase */
+#define	OPCODE_RES		0xab	/* Read Electronic Signature */
+#define	OPCODE_RDID		0x9f	/* Read JEDEC ID */
+
+/* Status Register bits. */
+#define	SR_WIP			1	/* Write in progress */
+#define	SR_WEL			2	/* Write enable latch */
+#define	SR_BP0			4	/* Block protect 0 */
+#define	SR_BP1			8	/* Block protect 1 */
+#define	SR_BP2			0x10	/* Block protect 2 */
+#define	SR_SRWD			0x80	/* SR write protect */
+
+/* Define max times to check status register before we give up. */
+#define	MAX_READY_WAIT_COUNT	100000
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
+#define	mtd_has_partitions()	(1)
+#else
+#define	mtd_has_partitions()	(0)
+#endif
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+struct m25p {
+	struct spi_device	*spi;
+	struct semaphore	lock;
+	struct mtd_info		mtd;
+	unsigned		partitioned;
+	u8			command[4];
+};
+
+static inline struct m25p *mtd_to_m25p(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+{
+	return container_of(mtd, struct m25p, mtd);
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * Internal helper functions
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Read the status register, returning its value in the location
+ * Return the status register value.
+ * Returns negative if error occurred.
+ */
+static int read_sr(struct m25p *flash)
+{
+	ssize_t retval;
+	u8 code = OPCODE_RDSR;
+	u8 val;
+
+	retval = spi_write_then_read(flash->spi, &code, 1, &val, 1);
+
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		dev_err(&flash->spi->dev, "error %d reading SR\n",
+				(int) retval);
+		return retval;
+	}
+
+	return val;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Set write enable latch with Write Enable command.
+ * Returns negative if error occurred.
+ */
+static inline int write_enable(struct m25p *flash)
+{
+	u8	code = OPCODE_WREN;
+
+	return spi_write_then_read(flash->spi, &code, 1, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Service routine to read status register until ready, or timeout occurs.
+ * Returns non-zero if error.
+ */
+static int wait_till_ready(struct m25p *flash)
+{
+	int count;
+	int sr;
+
+	/* one chip guarantees max 5 msec wait here after page writes,
+	 * but potentially three seconds (!) after page erase.
+	 */
+	for (count = 0; count < MAX_READY_WAIT_COUNT; count++) {
+		if ((sr = read_sr(flash)) < 0)
+			break;
+		else if (!(sr & SR_WIP))
+			return 0;
+
+		/* REVISIT sometimes sleeping would be best */
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Erase one sector of flash memory at offset ``offset'' which is any
+ * address within the sector which should be erased.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful, non-zero otherwise.
+ */
+static int erase_sector(struct m25p *flash, u32 offset)
+{
+	DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL3, "%s: %s at 0x%08x\n", flash->spi->dev.bus_id,
+			__FUNCTION__, offset);
+
+	/* Wait until finished previous write command. */
+	if (wait_till_ready(flash))
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Send write enable, then erase commands. */
+	write_enable(flash);
+
+	/* Set up command buffer. */
+	flash->command[0] = OPCODE_SE;
+	flash->command[1] = offset >> 16;
+	flash->command[2] = offset >> 8;
+	flash->command[3] = offset;
+
+	spi_write(flash->spi, flash->command, sizeof(flash->command));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * MTD implementation
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Erase an address range on the flash chip.  The address range may extend
+ * one or more erase sectors.  Return an error is there is a problem erasing.
+ */
+static int m25p80_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
+{
+	struct m25p *flash = mtd_to_m25p(mtd);
+	u32 addr,len;
+
+	DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL2, "%s: %s %s 0x%08x, len %zd\n",
+			flash->spi->dev.bus_id, __FUNCTION__, "at",
+			(u32)instr->addr, instr->len);
+
+	/* sanity checks */
+	if (instr->addr + instr->len > flash->mtd.size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if ((instr->addr % mtd->erasesize) != 0
+			|| (instr->len % mtd->erasesize) != 0) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	addr = instr->addr;
+	len = instr->len;
+
+  	down(&flash->lock);
+
+	/* now erase those sectors */
+	while (len) {
+		if (erase_sector(flash, addr)) {
+			instr->state = MTD_ERASE_FAILED;
+			up(&flash->lock);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+
+		addr += mtd->erasesize;
+		len -= mtd->erasesize;
+	}
+
+  	up(&flash->lock);
+
+	instr->state = MTD_ERASE_DONE;
+	mtd_erase_callback(instr);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Read an address range from the flash chip.  The address range
+ * may be any size provided it is within the physical boundaries.
+ */
+static int m25p80_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len,
+	size_t *retlen, u_char *buf)
+{
+	struct m25p *flash = mtd_to_m25p(mtd);
+	struct spi_transfer t[2];
+	struct spi_message m;
+
+	DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL2, "%s: %s %s 0x%08x, len %zd\n",
+			flash->spi->dev.bus_id, __FUNCTION__, "from",
+			(u32)from, len);
+
+	/* sanity checks */
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (from + len > flash->mtd.size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	down(&flash->lock);
+
+	/* Wait till previous write/erase is done. */
+	if (wait_till_ready(flash)) {
+		/* REVISIT status return?? */
+		up(&flash->lock);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	memset(t, 0, (sizeof t));
+
+	/* NOTE:  OPCODE_FAST_READ (if available) is faster... */
+
+	/* Set up the write data buffer. */
+	flash->command[0] = OPCODE_READ;
+	flash->command[1] = from >> 16;
+	flash->command[2] = from >> 8;
+	flash->command[3] = from;
+
+	/* Byte count starts at zero. */
+	if (retlen)
+		*retlen = 0;
+
+	t[0].tx_buf = flash->command;
+	t[0].len = sizeof(flash->command);
+
+	t[1].rx_buf = buf;
+	t[1].len = len;
+
+	m.transfers = t;
+	m.n_transfer = 2;
+
+	spi_sync(flash->spi, &m);
+
+	*retlen = m.actual_length - sizeof(flash->command);
+
+  	up(&flash->lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Write an address range to the flash chip.  Data must be written in
+ * FLASH_PAGESIZE chunks.  The address range may be any size provided
+ * it is within the physical boundaries.
+ */
+static int m25p80_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
+	size_t *retlen, const u_char *buf)
+{
+	struct m25p *flash = mtd_to_m25p(mtd);
+	u32 page_offset, page_size;
+	struct spi_transfer t[2];
+	struct spi_message m;
+
+	DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL2, "%s: %s %s 0x%08x, len %zd\n",
+			flash->spi->dev.bus_id, __FUNCTION__, "to",
+			(u32)to, len);
+
+	if (retlen)
+		*retlen = 0;
+
+	/* sanity checks */
+	if (!len)
+		return(0);
+
+	if (to + len > flash->mtd.size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+  	down(&flash->lock);
+
+	/* Wait until finished previous write command. */
+	if (wait_till_ready(flash))
+		return 1;
+
+	write_enable(flash);
+
+	memset(t, 0, (sizeof t));
+
+	/* Set up the opcode in the write buffer. */
+	flash->command[0] = OPCODE_PP;
+	flash->command[1] = to >> 16;
+	flash->command[2] = to >> 8;
+	flash->command[3] = to;
+
+	t[0].tx_buf = flash->command;
+	t[0].len = sizeof(flash->command);
+
+	m.transfers = t;
+	m.n_transfer = 2;
+
+	/* what page do we start with? */
+	page_offset = to % FLASH_PAGESIZE;
+
+	/* do all the bytes fit onto one page? */
+	if (page_offset + len <= FLASH_PAGESIZE) {
+		t[1].tx_buf = buf;
+		t[1].len = len;
+
+		spi_sync(flash->spi, &m);
+
+		*retlen = m.actual_length - sizeof(flash->command);
+	} else {
+		u32 i;
+
+		/* the size of data remaining on the first page */
+		page_size = FLASH_PAGESIZE - page_offset;
+
+		t[1].tx_buf = buf;
+		t[1].len = page_size;
+		spi_sync(flash->spi, &m);
+
+		*retlen = m.actual_length - sizeof(flash->command);
+
+		/* write everything in PAGESIZE chunks */
+		for (i = page_size; i < len; i += page_size) {
+			page_size = len - i;
+			if (page_size > FLASH_PAGESIZE)
+				page_size = FLASH_PAGESIZE;
+
+			/* write the next page to flash */
+			flash->command[1] = (to + i) >> 16;
+			flash->command[2] = (to + i) >> 8;
+			flash->command[3] = (to + i);
+
+			t[1].tx_buf = buf + i;
+			t[1].len = page_size;
+
+			wait_till_ready(flash);
+
+			write_enable(flash);
+
+			spi_sync(flash->spi, &m);
+
+			*retlen += m.actual_length - sizeof(flash->command);
+	        }
+ 	}
+
+	up(&flash->lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * SPI device driver setup and teardown
+ */
+
+struct flash_info {
+	char		*name;
+	u8		id;
+	u16		jedec_id;
+	unsigned	sector_size;
+	unsigned	n_sectors;
+};
+
+static struct flash_info __devinitdata m25p_data [] = {
+	/* REVISIT: fill in JEDEC ids, for parts that have them */
+	{ "m25p05", 0x05, 0x0000, 32 * 1024, 2 },
+	{ "m25p10", 0x10, 0x0000, 32 * 1024, 4 },
+	{ "m25p20", 0x11, 0x0000, 64 * 1024, 4 },
+	{ "m25p40", 0x12, 0x0000, 64 * 1024, 8 },
+	{ "m25p80", 0x13, 0x0000, 64 * 1024, 16 },
+	{ "m25p16", 0x14, 0x0000, 64 * 1024, 32 },
+	{ "m25p32", 0x15, 0x0000, 64 * 1024, 64 },
+	{ "m25p64", 0x16, 0x2017, 64 * 1024, 128 },
+};
+
+/*
+ * board specific setup should have ensured the SPI clock used here
+ * matches what the READ command supports, at least until this driver
+ * understands FAST_READ (for clocks over 25 MHz).
+ */
+static int __devinit m25p_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	struct flash_platform_data	*data;
+	struct m25p			*flash;
+	struct flash_info		*info;
+	unsigned			i;
+
+	/* Platform data helps sort out which chip type we have, as
+	 * well as how this board partitions it.
+	 */
+	data = spi->dev.platform_data;
+	if (!data || !data->type) {
+		/* FIXME some chips can identify themselves with RES
+		 * or JEDEC get-id commands.  Try them ...
+		 */
+		DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL1, "%s: no chip id\n",
+				flash->spi->dev.bus_id);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0, info = m25p_data; i < ARRAY_SIZE(m25p_data); i++, info++) {
+		if (strcmp(data->type, info->name) == 0)
+			break;
+	}
+	if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(m25p_data)) {
+		DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL1, "%s: unrecognized id %s\n",
+				flash->spi->dev.bus_id, data->type);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	flash = kzalloc(sizeof *flash, SLAB_KERNEL);
+	if (!flash)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	flash->spi = spi;
+	init_MUTEX(&flash->lock);
+	dev_set_drvdata(&spi->dev, flash);
+
+	if (data->name)
+		flash->mtd.name = data->name;
+	else
+		flash->mtd.name = spi->dev.bus_id;
+
+	flash->mtd.type = MTD_NORFLASH;
+	flash->mtd.flags = MTD_CAP_NORFLASH;
+	flash->mtd.size = info->sector_size * info->n_sectors;
+	flash->mtd.erasesize = info->sector_size;
+	flash->mtd.erase = m25p80_erase;
+	flash->mtd.read = m25p80_read;
+	flash->mtd.write = m25p80_write;
+
+	dev_info(&spi->dev, "%s (%d Kbytes)\n", info->name,
+			flash->mtd.size / 1024);
+
+	DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL2,
+		"mtd .name = %s, .size = 0x%.8x (%uM) "
+			".erasesize = 0x%.8x (%uK) .numeraseregions = %d\n",
+		flash->mtd.name,
+		flash->mtd.size, flash->mtd.size / (1024*1024),
+		flash->mtd.erasesize, flash->mtd.erasesize / 1024,
+		flash->mtd.numeraseregions);
+
+	if (flash->mtd.numeraseregions)
+		for (i = 0; i < flash->mtd.numeraseregions; i++)
+			DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL2,
+				"mtd.eraseregions[%d] = { .offset = 0x%.8x, "
+				".erasesize = 0x%.8x (%uK), "
+				".numblocks = %d }\n",
+				i, flash->mtd.eraseregions[i].offset,
+				flash->mtd.eraseregions[i].erasesize,
+				flash->mtd.eraseregions[i].erasesize / 1024,
+				flash->mtd.eraseregions[i].numblocks);
+
+
+	/* partitions should match sector boundaries; and it may be good to
+	 * use readonly partitions for writeprotected sectors (BP2..BP0).
+	 */
+	if (mtd_has_partitions()) {
+		struct mtd_partition	*parts = NULL;
+		int			nr_parts = 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
+		static const char *part_probes[] = { "cmdlinepart", NULL, };
+
+		nr_parts = parse_mtd_partitions(&flash->mtd,
+				part_probes, &parts, 0);
+#endif
+
+		if (nr_parts <= 0 && data && data->parts) {
+			parts = data->parts;
+			nr_parts = data->nr_parts;
+		}
+
+		if (nr_parts > 0) {
+			for (i = 0; i < data->nr_parts; i++) {
+				DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL2, "partitions[%d] = "
+					"{.name = %s, .offset = 0x%.8x, "
+						".size = 0x%.8x (%uK) }\n",
+					i, data->parts[i].name,
+					data->parts[i].offset,
+					data->parts[i].size,
+					data->parts[i].size / 1024);
+			}
+			flash->partitioned = 1;
+			return add_mtd_partitions(&flash->mtd, parts, nr_parts);
+		}
+	} else if (data->nr_parts)
+		dev_warn(&spi->dev, "ignoring %d default partitions on %s\n",
+				data->nr_parts, data->name);
+
+	return add_mtd_device(&flash->mtd) == 1 ? -ENODEV : 0;
+}
+
+
+static int __devexit m25p_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	struct m25p	*flash = dev_get_drvdata(&spi->dev);
+	int		status;
+
+	/* Clean up MTD stuff. */
+	if (mtd_has_partitions() && flash->partitioned)
+		status = del_mtd_partitions(&flash->mtd);
+	else
+		status = del_mtd_device(&flash->mtd);
+	if (status == 0)
+		kfree(flash);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+static struct spi_driver m25p80_driver = {
+	.driver = {
+		.name	= "m25p80",
+		.bus	= &spi_bus_type,
+		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
+	},
+	.probe	= m25p_probe,
+	.remove	= __devexit_p(m25p_remove),
+};
+
+
+static int m25p80_init(void)
+{
+	return spi_register_driver(&m25p80_driver);
+}
+
+
+static void m25p80_exit(void)
+{
+	spi_unregister_driver(&m25p80_driver);
+}
+
+
+module_init(m25p80_init);
+module_exit(m25p80_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Mike Lavender");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("MTD SPI driver for ST M25Pxx flash chips");
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 */
 };