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ec98c681 1menuconfig MTD
1da177e4 2 tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
e25df120 3 depends on HAS_IOMEM
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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
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15config MTD_DEBUG
16 bool "Debugging"
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17 help
18 This turns on low-level debugging for the entire MTD sub-system.
19 Normally, you should say 'N'.
20
21config MTD_DEBUG_VERBOSE
22 int "Debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)"
23 depends on MTD_DEBUG
24 default "0"
25 help
26 Determines the verbosity level of the MTD debugging messages.
27
28config MTD_CONCAT
29 tristate "MTD concatenating support"
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30 help
31 Support for concatenating several MTD devices into a single
32 (virtual) one. This allows you to have -for example- a JFFS(2)
33 file system spanning multiple physical flash chips. If unsure,
34 say 'Y'.
35
36config MTD_PARTITIONS
37 bool "MTD partitioning support"
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38 help
39 If you have a device which needs to divide its flash chip(s) up
40 into multiple 'partitions', each of which appears to the user as
41 a separate MTD device, you require this option to be enabled. If
42 unsure, say 'Y'.
43
44 Note, however, that you don't need this option for the DiskOnChip
45 devices. Partitioning on NFTL 'devices' is a different - that's the
46 'normal' form of partitioning used on a block device.
47
48config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
49 tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
50 depends on MTD_PARTITIONS
51 ---help---
52 RedBoot is a ROM monitor and bootloader which deals with multiple
53 'images' in flash devices by putting a table one of the erase
54 blocks on the device, similar to a partition table, which gives
55 the offsets, lengths and names of all the images stored in the
56 flash.
57
58 If you need code which can detect and parse this table, and register
59 MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image in the table, enable
97894cda 60 this option.
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61
62 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
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63 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
64 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
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65 example.
66
67config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
68 int "Location of RedBoot partition table"
69 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
70 default "-1"
71 ---help---
72 This option is the Linux counterpart to the
73 CYGNUM_REDBOOT_FIS_DIRECTORY_BLOCK RedBoot compile time
74 option.
75
76 The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
4992a9e8 77 partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolute
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78 erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
79 sectors before the end of the device.
97894cda 80
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81 For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
82 block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
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1da177e4 84config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
e55a3e8a 85 bool "Include unallocated flash regions"
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86 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
87 help
88 If you need to register each unallocated flash region as a MTD
89 'partition', enable this option.
90
91config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_READONLY
e55a3e8a 92 bool "Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
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93 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
94 help
95 If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
96 'FIS directory' images, enable this option.
97
98config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
99 bool "Command line partition table parsing"
892e4fba 100 depends on MTD_PARTITIONS = "y" && MTD = "y"
1da177e4 101 ---help---
4992a9e8 102 Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
1da177e4 103 command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
97894cda 104 different kinds of flash memory are available.
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105
106 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
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107 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
108 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
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109 example.
110
111 The format for the command line is as follows:
112
113 mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef]
114 <mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
115 <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
116 <mtd-id> := unique id used in mapping driver/device
97894cda 117 <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
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118 remaining space
119 <name> := (NAME)
120
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121 Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
122 allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
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123 names.
124
125 Examples:
126
127 1 flash resource (mtd-id "sa1100"), with 1 single writable partition:
128 mtdparts=sa1100:-
129
130 Same flash, but 2 named partitions, the first one being read-only:
131 mtdparts=sa1100:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root)
132
133 If unsure, say 'N'.
134
135config MTD_AFS_PARTS
136 tristate "ARM Firmware Suite partition parsing"
137 depends on ARM && MTD_PARTITIONS
138 ---help---
139 The ARM Firmware Suite allows the user to divide flash devices into
140 multiple 'images'. Each such image has a header containing its name
141 and offset/size etc.
142
143 If you need code which can detect and parse these tables, and
144 register MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image detected,
145 enable this option.
146
147 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
148 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
149 'armflash' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_ARMFLASH) does this, for example.
150
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151config MTD_OF_PARTS
152 tristate "Flash partition map based on OF description"
153 depends on PPC_OF && MTD_PARTITIONS
154 help
155 This provides a partition parsing function which derives
156 the partition map from the children of the flash node,
157 as described in Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt.
158
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159config MTD_AR7_PARTS
160 tristate "TI AR7 partitioning support"
161 depends on MTD_PARTITIONS
162 ---help---
163 TI AR7 partitioning support
164
1da177e4 165comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
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166
167config MTD_CHAR
168 tristate "Direct char device access to MTD devices"
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169 help
170 This provides a character device for each MTD device present in
171 the system, allowing the user to read and write directly to the
172 memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
173 the device, or to erase parts of it.
174
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175config HAVE_MTD_OTP
176 bool
177 help
178 Enable access to OTP regions using MTD_CHAR.
179
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180config MTD_BLKDEVS
181 tristate "Common interface to block layer for MTD 'translation layers'"
ec98c681 182 depends on BLOCK
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183 default n
184
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185config MTD_BLOCK
186 tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
ec98c681 187 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 188 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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189 ---help---
190 Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
191 as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
192 on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
193 devices performing that function.
194
195 At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
196 System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
197 (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
198 of the mtdblock device).
199
200 Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
201 on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
202 this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
203 almost never written to.
204
205 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
206 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
207
208config MTD_BLOCK_RO
209 tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
ec98c681 210 depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 211 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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212 help
213 This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
214 from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
215 driver.
216
217 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
218 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
219
220config FTL
221 tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 222 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 223 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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224 ---help---
225 This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
226 is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
227 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
228 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
229
230 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
231 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
232 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA
233 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
234 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
235 not use it.
236
237config NFTL
238 tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 239 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 240 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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241 ---help---
242 This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
243 used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
244 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
245 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
246
247 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
248 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
249 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
250 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
251 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
252 not use it.
253
254config NFTL_RW
255 bool "Write support for NFTL"
256 depends on NFTL
257 help
258 Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
259 on the DiskOnChip.
260
261config INFTL
262 tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 263 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 264 select MTD_BLKDEVS
1da177e4 265 ---help---
97894cda 266 This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
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267 Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
268 uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
269 a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
270 a 'normal' file system.
271
272 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
273 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
274 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
275 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
276 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
277 not use it.
278
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279config RFD_FTL
280 tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 281 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 282 select MTD_BLKDEVS
e27a9960 283 ---help---
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284 This provides support for the flash translation layer known
285 as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
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286 of General Software. There is a blurb at:
287
288 http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
e27a9960 289
51197abf 290config SSFDC
892e4fba 291 tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
ec98c681 292 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 293 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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294 help
295 This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
296 flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
297
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298config MTD_OOPS
299 tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer"
300 depends on MTD
301 help
302 This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
303 buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back at some
304 later point.
305
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306 To use, add console=ttyMTDx to the kernel command line,
307 where x is the MTD device number to use.
308
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309source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
310
311source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
312
313source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
314
315source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
316
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317source "drivers/mtd/onenand/Kconfig"
318
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319source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
320
ec98c681 321endif # MTD