diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
index 8185b1f..cc6369e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #define	SR_SRWD			0x80	/* SR write protect */
 
 /* Define max times to check status register before we give up. */
-#define	MAX_READY_WAIT_COUNT	100000
+#define	MAX_READY_WAIT_JIFFIES	(10 * HZ)	/* eg. M25P128 specs 6s max sector erase */
 #define	CMD_SIZE		4
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_M25PXX_USE_FAST_READ
@@ -139,20 +139,20 @@
  */
 static int wait_till_ready(struct m25p *flash)
 {
-	int count;
+	unsigned long deadline;
 	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++) {
+	deadline = jiffies + MAX_READY_WAIT_JIFFIES;
+
+	do {
 		if ((sr = read_sr(flash)) < 0)
 			break;
 		else if (!(sr & SR_WIP))
 			return 0;
 
-		/* REVISIT sometimes sleeping would be best */
-	}
+		cond_resched();
+
+	} while (!time_after_eq(jiffies, deadline));
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -246,10 +246,12 @@
 	mutex_lock(&flash->lock);
 
 	/* whole-chip erase? */
-	if (len == flash->mtd.size && erase_chip(flash)) {
-		instr->state = MTD_ERASE_FAILED;
-		mutex_unlock(&flash->lock);
-		return -EIO;
+	if (len == flash->mtd.size) {
+		if (erase_chip(flash)) {
+			instr->state = MTD_ERASE_FAILED;
+			mutex_unlock(&flash->lock);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
 
 	/* REVISIT in some cases we could speed up erasing large regions
 	 * by using OPCODE_SE instead of OPCODE_BE_4K.  We may have set up
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index fdd6ae8..bccb4b1 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
  */
 static void mtd_release(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct mtd_info *mtd = dev_to_mtd(dev);
+	dev_t index = MTD_DEVT(dev_to_mtd(dev)->index);
 
 	/* remove /dev/mtdXro node if needed */
-	if (MTD_DEVT(mtd->index))
-		device_destroy(mtd_class, MTD_DEVT(mtd->index) + 1);
+	if (index)
+		device_destroy(mtd_class, index + 1);
 }
 
 static ssize_t mtd_type_show(struct device *dev,
@@ -132,6 +132,17 @@
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(writesize, S_IRUGO, mtd_writesize_show, NULL);
 
+static ssize_t mtd_subpagesize_show(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct mtd_info *mtd = dev_to_mtd(dev);
+	unsigned int subpagesize = mtd->writesize >> mtd->subpage_sft;
+
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%u\n", subpagesize);
+
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(subpagesize, S_IRUGO, mtd_subpagesize_show, NULL);
+
 static ssize_t mtd_oobsize_show(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -169,6 +180,7 @@
 	&dev_attr_size.attr,
 	&dev_attr_erasesize.attr,
 	&dev_attr_writesize.attr,
+	&dev_attr_subpagesize.attr,
 	&dev_attr_oobsize.attr,
 	&dev_attr_numeraseregions.attr,
 	&dev_attr_name.attr,