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There is a surprisingly large number of tutorials that suggest using mtdblock to mount SquashFS filesystems on flash devices, including NAND devices. Given this approach is suboptimal than using UBI, and given the UBI block device layer was introduced many years ago specifically with this use case in mind, add a small comment inviting users and developers to consider UBI block. Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@collabora.com> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20210801234509.18774-7-ezequiel@collabora.com
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menuconfig MTD
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tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
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imply NVMEM
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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_TESTS
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tristate "MTD tests support (DANGEROUS)"
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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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WARNING: some of the tests will ERASE entire MTD device which they
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test. Do not use these tests unless you really know what you do.
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menu "Partition parsers"
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source "drivers/mtd/parsers/Kconfig"
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endmenu
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comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
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#
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# MTD block device support is select'ed if needed
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#
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config MTD_BLKDEVS
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tristate
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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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Note that mounting a JFFS2 filesystem doesn't require using mtdblock.
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It's possible to mount a rootfs using the MTD device on the "root="
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bootargs as "root=mtd2" or "root=mtd:name_of_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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comment "Note that in some cases UBI block is preferred. See MTD_UBI_BLOCK."
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depends on MTD_BLOCK || MTD_BLOCK_RO
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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 BLOCK
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select MTD_BLKDEVS
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select MTD_NAND_CORE
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select MTD_NAND_ECC_SW_HAMMING
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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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config MTD_PSTORE
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tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer based on pstore"
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depends on PSTORE_BLK
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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 as files after
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mounting pstore filesystem.
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If unsure, say N.
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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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config MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER
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bool "Retain master device when partitioned"
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default n
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depends on MTD
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help
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For historical reasons, by default, either a master is present or
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several partitions are present, but not both. The concern was that
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data listed in multiple partitions was dangerous; however, SCSI does
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this and it is frequently useful for applications. This config option
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leaves the master in even if the device is partitioned. It also makes
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the parent of the partition device be the master device, rather than
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what lies behind the master.
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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/lpddr/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/mtd/hyperbus/Kconfig"
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endif # MTD
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