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ec98c681 1menuconfig MTD
1da177e4 2 tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
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4 help
5 Memory Technology Devices are flash, RAM and similar chips, often
6 used for solid state file systems on embedded devices. This option
7 will provide the generic support for MTD drivers to register
8 themselves with the kernel and for potential users of MTD devices
9 to enumerate the devices which are present and obtain a handle on
97894cda 10 them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
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11 particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N.
12
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13if MTD
14
80f53da0 15config MTD_TESTS
48e546b7 16 tristate "MTD tests support (DANGEROUS)"
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17 depends on m
18 help
19 This option includes various MTD tests into compilation. The tests
20 should normally be compiled as kernel modules. The modules perform
21 various checks and verifications when loaded.
22
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23 WARNING: some of the tests will ERASE entire MTD device which they
24 test. Do not use these tests unless you really know what you do.
25
1da177e4 26config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
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27 tristate "Command line partition table parsing"
28 depends on MTD
a8222a84 29 help
4992a9e8 30 Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
1da177e4 31 command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
97894cda 32 different kinds of flash memory are available.
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34 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
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35 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
36 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
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37 example.
38
39 The format for the command line is as follows:
40
41 mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef]
42 <mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
43 <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
44 <mtd-id> := unique id used in mapping driver/device
97894cda 45 <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
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46 remaining space
47 <name> := (NAME)
48
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49 Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
50 allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
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51 names.
52
53 Examples:
54
55 1 flash resource (mtd-id "sa1100"), with 1 single writable partition:
56 mtdparts=sa1100:-
57
58 Same flash, but 2 named partitions, the first one being read-only:
59 mtdparts=sa1100:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root)
60
61 If unsure, say 'N'.
62
9a310d21 63config MTD_OF_PARTS
d6137bad 64 tristate "OpenFirmware partitioning information support"
2e929d00 65 default y
b7b6e08f 66 depends on OF
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67 help
68 This provides a partition parsing function which derives
69 the partition map from the children of the flash node,
e7606446 70 as described in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt.
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72config MTD_AR7_PARTS
73 tristate "TI AR7 partitioning support"
a8222a84 74 help
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75 TI AR7 partitioning support
76
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77config MTD_BCM63XX_PARTS
78 tristate "BCM63XX CFE partitioning support"
436e94a6 79 depends on BCM63XX || BMIPS_GENERIC || COMPILE_TEST
70a3c167 80 select CRC32
dd84cb02 81 select MTD_PARSER_IMAGETAG
70a3c167 82 help
81d9e98f 83 This provides partition parsing for BCM63xx devices with CFE
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84 bootloaders.
85
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86config MTD_BCM47XX_PARTS
87 tristate "BCM47XX partitioning support"
9e3afa5f 88 depends on BCM47XX || ARCH_BCM_5301X
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89 help
90 This provides partitions parser for devices based on BCM47xx
91 boards.
92
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93menu "Partition parsers"
94source "drivers/mtd/parsers/Kconfig"
95endmenu
96
1da177e4 97comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
1da177e4 98
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99#
100# MTD block device support is select'ed if needed
101#
f6a7ecb1 102config MTD_BLKDEVS
7f11b4d4 103 tristate
f6a7ecb1 104
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105config MTD_BLOCK
106 tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
ec98c681 107 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 108 select MTD_BLKDEVS
a8222a84 109 help
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110 Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
111 as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
112 on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
113 devices performing that function.
114
115 At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
116 System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
117 (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
118 of the mtdblock device).
119
120 Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
121 on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
122 this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
123 almost never written to.
124
125 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
126 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
127
128config MTD_BLOCK_RO
129 tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
ec98c681 130 depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 131 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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132 help
133 This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
134 from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
135 driver.
136
137 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
138 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
139
140config FTL
141 tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 142 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 143 select MTD_BLKDEVS
a8222a84 144 help
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145 This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
146 is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
147 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
148 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
149
150 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
151 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
152 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA
153 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
154 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
155 not use it.
156
157config NFTL
158 tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 159 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 160 select MTD_BLKDEVS
a8222a84 161 help
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162 This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
163 used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
164 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
165 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
166
167 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
168 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
169 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
170 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
171 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
172 not use it.
173
174config NFTL_RW
175 bool "Write support for NFTL"
176 depends on NFTL
177 help
178 Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
179 on the DiskOnChip.
180
181config INFTL
182 tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 183 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 184 select MTD_BLKDEVS
a8222a84 185 help
97894cda 186 This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
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187 Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
188 uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
189 a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
190 a 'normal' file system.
191
192 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
193 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
194 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
195 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
196 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
197 not use it.
198
e27a9960 199config RFD_FTL
a8222a84 200 tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 201 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 202 select MTD_BLKDEVS
a8222a84 203 help
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204 This provides support for the flash translation layer known
205 as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
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206 of General Software. There is a blurb at:
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208 http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
e27a9960 209
51197abf 210config SSFDC
892e4fba 211 tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
ec98c681 212 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 213 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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214 help
215 This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
216 flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
217
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218config SM_FTL
219 tristate "SmartMedia/xD new translation layer"
6372680c 220 depends on BLOCK
7d17c02a 221 select MTD_BLKDEVS
9bb94643 222 select MTD_NAND_ECC_SW_HAMMING
7d17c02a 223 help
6f92355c 224 This enables EXPERIMENTAL R/W support for SmartMedia/xD
7de6f798 225 FTL (Flash translation layer).
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226 Write support is only lightly tested, therefore this driver
227 isn't recommended to use with valuable data (anyway if you have
228 valuable data, do backups regardless of software/hardware you
229 use, because you never know what will eat your data...)
230 If you only need R/O access, you can use older R/O driver
231 (CONFIG_SSFDC)
7d17c02a 232
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233config MTD_OOPS
234 tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer"
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235 help
236 This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
237 buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back at some
238 later point.
239
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240config MTD_SWAP
241 tristate "Swap on MTD device support"
242 depends on MTD && SWAP
243 select MTD_BLKDEVS
244 help
245 Provides volatile block device driver on top of mtd partition
a8222a84 246 suitable for swapping. The mapping of written blocks is not saved.
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247 The driver provides wear leveling by storing erase counter into the
248 OOB.
249
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250config MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER
251 bool "Retain master device when partitioned"
252 default n
253 depends on MTD
254 help
255 For historical reasons, by default, either a master is present or
256 several partitions are present, but not both. The concern was that
257 data listed in multiple partitions was dangerous; however, SCSI does
258 this and it is frequently useful for applications. This config option
259 leaves the master in even if the device is partitioned. It also makes
260 the parent of the partition device be the master device, rather than
261 what lies behind the master.
262
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263source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
264
265source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
266
267source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
268
269source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
270
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271source "drivers/mtd/lpddr/Kconfig"
272
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273source "drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig"
274
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275source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
276
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277source "drivers/mtd/hyperbus/Kconfig"
278
ec98c681 279endif # MTD