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menuconfig MTD
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tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
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depends on HAS_IOMEM
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help
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Memory Technology Devices are flash, RAM and similar chips, often
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used for solid state file systems on embedded devices. This option
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will provide the generic support for MTD drivers to register
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themselves with the kernel and for potential users of MTD devices
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to enumerate the devices which are present and obtain a handle on
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them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
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particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N.
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if MTD
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config MTD_DEBUG
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bool "Debugging"
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help
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This turns on low-level debugging for the entire MTD sub-system.
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Normally, you should say 'N'.
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config MTD_DEBUG_VERBOSE
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int "Debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)"
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depends on MTD_DEBUG
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default "0"
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help
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Determines the verbosity level of the MTD debugging messages.
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config MTD_TESTS
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tristate "MTD tests support"
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depends on m
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help
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This option includes various MTD tests into compilation. The tests
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should normally be compiled as kernel modules. The modules perform
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various checks and verifications when loaded.
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config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
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tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
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---help---
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RedBoot is a ROM monitor and bootloader which deals with multiple
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'images' in flash devices by putting a table one of the erase
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blocks on the device, similar to a partition table, which gives
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the offsets, lengths and names of all the images stored in the
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flash.
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If you need code which can detect and parse this table, and register
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MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image in the table, enable
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this option.
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You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
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for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
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SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
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example.
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if MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
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config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
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int "Location of RedBoot partition table"
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default "-1"
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---help---
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This option is the Linux counterpart to the
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CYGNUM_REDBOOT_FIS_DIRECTORY_BLOCK RedBoot compile time
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option.
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The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
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partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolute
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erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
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sectors before the end of the device.
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For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
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block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
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config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
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bool "Include unallocated flash regions"
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help
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If you need to register each unallocated flash region as a MTD
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'partition', enable this option.
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config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_READONLY
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bool "Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
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help
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If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
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'FIS directory' images, enable this option.
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endif # MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
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config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
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bool "Command line partition table parsing"
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depends on MTD = "y"
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---help---
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Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
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command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
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different kinds of flash memory are available.
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You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
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for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
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SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
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example.
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The format for the command line is as follows:
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mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef]
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<mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
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<partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
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<mtd-id> := unique id used in mapping driver/device
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<size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
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remaining space
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<name> := (NAME)
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Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
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allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
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names.
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Examples:
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1 flash resource (mtd-id "sa1100"), with 1 single writable partition:
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mtdparts=sa1100:-
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Same flash, but 2 named partitions, the first one being read-only:
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mtdparts=sa1100:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root)
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If unsure, say 'N'.
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config MTD_AFS_PARTS
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tristate "ARM Firmware Suite partition parsing"
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depends on ARM
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---help---
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The ARM Firmware Suite allows the user to divide flash devices into
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multiple 'images'. Each such image has a header containing its name
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and offset/size etc.
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If you need code which can detect and parse these tables, and
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register MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image detected,
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enable this option.
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You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
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for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
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'physmap' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP) does this, for example.
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config MTD_OF_PARTS
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def_bool y
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depends on OF
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help
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This provides a partition parsing function which derives
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the partition map from the children of the flash node,
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as described in Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt.
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config MTD_AR7_PARTS
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tristate "TI AR7 partitioning support"
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---help---
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TI AR7 partitioning support
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comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
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config MTD_CHAR
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tristate "Direct char device access to MTD devices"
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help
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This provides a character device for each MTD device present in
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the system, allowing the user to read and write directly to the
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memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
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the device, or to erase parts of it.
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config HAVE_MTD_OTP
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bool
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help
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Enable access to OTP regions using MTD_CHAR.
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config MTD_BLKDEVS
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tristate "Common interface to block layer for MTD 'translation layers'"
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depends on BLOCK
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default n
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config MTD_BLOCK
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tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
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depends on BLOCK
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select MTD_BLKDEVS
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---help---
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Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
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as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
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on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
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devices performing that function.
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At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
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System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
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(although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
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of the mtdblock device).
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Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
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on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
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this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
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almost never written to.
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You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
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those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
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config MTD_BLOCK_RO
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tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
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depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK
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select MTD_BLKDEVS
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help
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This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
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from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
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driver.
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You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
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those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
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config FTL
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tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
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depends on BLOCK
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select MTD_BLKDEVS
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---help---
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This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
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is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
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file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
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512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
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You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
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unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
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legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA
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hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
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permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
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not use it.
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config NFTL
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tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
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depends on BLOCK
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select MTD_BLKDEVS
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---help---
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This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
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used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
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file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
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512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
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You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
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unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
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legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
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hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
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permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
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not use it.
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config NFTL_RW
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bool "Write support for NFTL"
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depends on NFTL
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help
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Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
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on the DiskOnChip.
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config INFTL
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tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
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depends on BLOCK
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select MTD_BLKDEVS
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---help---
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This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
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Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
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uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
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a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
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a 'normal' file system.
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You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
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unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
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legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
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hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
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permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
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not use it.
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config RFD_FTL
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tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
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depends on BLOCK
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select MTD_BLKDEVS
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---help---
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This provides support for the flash translation layer known
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as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
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of General Software. There is a blurb at:
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http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
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config SSFDC
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tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
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depends on BLOCK
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select MTD_BLKDEVS
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help
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This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
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flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
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config SM_FTL
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tristate "SmartMedia/xD new translation layer"
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depends on EXPERIMENTAL && BLOCK
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select MTD_BLKDEVS
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select MTD_NAND_ECC
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help
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This enables EXPERIMENTAL R/W support for SmartMedia/xD
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FTL (Flash translation layer).
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Write support is only lightly tested, therefore this driver
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isn't recommended to use with valuable data (anyway if you have
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valuable data, do backups regardless of software/hardware you
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use, because you never know what will eat your data...)
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If you only need R/O access, you can use older R/O driver
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(CONFIG_SSFDC)
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config MTD_OOPS
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tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer"
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help
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This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
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buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back at some
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later point.
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To use, add console=ttyMTDx to the kernel command line,
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where x is the MTD device number to use.
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config MTD_SWAP
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tristate "Swap on MTD device support"
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depends on MTD && SWAP
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select MTD_BLKDEVS
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help
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Provides volatile block device driver on top of mtd partition
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suitable for swapping. The mapping of written blocks is not saved.
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The driver provides wear leveling by storing erase counter into the
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OOB.
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source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/mtd/onenand/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/mtd/lpddr/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
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endif # MTD
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