--- a/head/sys/dev/flash/mx25l.c        Wed Dec 05 12:37:28 2012 +0200
+++ b/head/sys/dev/flash/mx25l.c        Wed Dec 05 14:10:50 2012 +0200
@@ -231,9 +231,10 @@
        uint8_t txBuf[4];//, rxBuf[4];
        uint8_t status;
        struct spi_command cmd;
-       int err;
+       int err, timeout;

        sc = device_get_softc(dev);
+       mx25l_wait_for_device_ready(dev);

        MX25LDEBUG(sc, MX25L_DBG_WRITE, "%s(dev, writable=%d)\n", __func__,
            writable);
@@ -246,9 +247,17 @@
        cmd.tx_cmd_sz = 1;
        err = SPIBUS_TRANSFER(device_get_parent(dev), dev, &cmd);

-       status = mx25l_get_status(dev);
+       mx25l_wait_for_device_ready(dev);

-       if (writable && !(status & STATUS_WEL))
+       timeout = 1000;
+       while (timeout--) {
+               status = mx25l_get_status(dev);
+               if (writable && (status & STATUS_WEL))
+                       break;
+               if (!writable && !(status & STATUS_WEL))
+                       break;
+       }
+       if (timeout == 0)
                device_printf(dev, "%s - fail\n", __func__);
 }

@@ -531,6 +540,7 @@
        mx25l_attach_sysctl(dev);
 #endif

+       device_printf(sc->sc_dev, "status is 0x%02x\n", mx25l_get_status(dev));
        return (0);
 }