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1menuconfig MTD
2	tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
3	depends on HAS_IOMEM
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
10	  them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
11	  particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N.
12
13if MTD
14
15config MTD_DEBUG
16	bool "Debugging"
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"
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"
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_TESTS
49	tristate "MTD tests support"
50	depends on m
51	help
52	  This option includes various MTD tests into compilation. The tests
53	  should normally be compiled as kernel modules. The modules perform
54	  various checks and verifications when loaded.
55
56config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
57	tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
58	depends on MTD_PARTITIONS
59	---help---
60	  RedBoot is a ROM monitor and bootloader which deals with multiple
61	  'images' in flash devices by putting a table one of the erase
62	  blocks on the device, similar to a partition table, which gives
63	  the offsets, lengths and names of all the images stored in the
64	  flash.
65
66	  If you need code which can detect and parse this table, and register
67	  MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image in the table, enable
68	  this option.
69
70	  You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
71	  for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
72	  SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
73	  example.
74
75config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
76	int "Location of RedBoot partition table"
77	depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
78	default "-1"
79	---help---
80	  This option is the Linux counterpart to the
81	  CYGNUM_REDBOOT_FIS_DIRECTORY_BLOCK RedBoot compile time
82	  option.
83
84	  The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
85	  partition table.  A zero or positive value gives an absolute
86	  erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
87	  sectors before the end of the device.
88
89	  For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
90	  block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
91
92config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
93	bool "Include unallocated flash regions"
94	depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
95	help
96	  If you need to register each unallocated flash region as a MTD
97	  'partition', enable this option.
98
99config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_READONLY
100	bool "Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
101	depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
102	help
103	  If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
104	  'FIS directory' images, enable this option.
105
106config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
107	bool "Command line partition table parsing"
108	depends on MTD_PARTITIONS = "y" && MTD = "y"
109	---help---
110	  Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
111	  command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
112	  different kinds of flash memory are available.
113
114	  You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
115	  for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
116	  SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
117	  example.
118
119	  The format for the command line is as follows:
120
121	  mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef]
122	  <mtddef>  := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
123	  <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
124	  <mtd-id>  := unique id used in mapping driver/device
125	  <size>    := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
126	  remaining space
127	  <name>    := (NAME)
128
129	  Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
130	  allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
131	  names.
132
133	  Examples:
134
135	  1 flash resource (mtd-id "sa1100"), with 1 single writable partition:
136	  mtdparts=sa1100:-
137
138	  Same flash, but 2 named partitions, the first one being read-only:
139	  mtdparts=sa1100:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root)
140
141	  If unsure, say 'N'.
142
143config MTD_AFS_PARTS
144	tristate "ARM Firmware Suite partition parsing"
145	depends on ARM && MTD_PARTITIONS
146	---help---
147	  The ARM Firmware Suite allows the user to divide flash devices into
148	  multiple 'images'. Each such image has a header containing its name
149	  and offset/size etc.
150
151	  If you need code which can detect and parse these tables, and
152	  register MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image detected,
153	  enable this option.
154
155	  You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
156	  for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
157	  'armflash' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_ARMFLASH) does this, for example.
158
159config MTD_OF_PARTS
160	tristate "Flash partition map based on OF description"
161	depends on PPC_OF && MTD_PARTITIONS
162	help
163	  This provides a partition parsing function which derives
164	  the partition map from the children of the flash node,
165	  as described in Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt.
166
167config MTD_AR7_PARTS
168	tristate "TI AR7 partitioning support"
169	depends on MTD_PARTITIONS
170	---help---
171	  TI AR7 partitioning support
172
173comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
174
175config MTD_CHAR
176	tristate "Direct char device access to MTD devices"
177	help
178	  This provides a character device for each MTD device present in
179	  the system, allowing the user to read and write directly to the
180	  memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
181	  the device, or to erase parts of it.
182
183config HAVE_MTD_OTP
184	bool
185	help
186	  Enable access to OTP regions using MTD_CHAR.
187
188config MTD_BLKDEVS
189	tristate "Common interface to block layer for MTD 'translation layers'"
190	depends on BLOCK
191	default n
192
193config MTD_BLOCK
194	tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
195	depends on BLOCK
196	select MTD_BLKDEVS
197	---help---
198	  Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
199	  as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
200	  on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
201	  devices performing that function.
202
203	  At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
204	  System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
205	  (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
206	  of the mtdblock device).
207
208	  Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
209	  on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
210	  this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
211	  almost never written to.
212
213	  You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
214	  those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
215
216config MTD_BLOCK_RO
217	tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
218	depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK
219	select MTD_BLKDEVS
220	help
221	  This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
222	  from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
223	  driver.
224
225	  You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
226	  those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
227
228config FTL
229	tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
230	depends on BLOCK
231	select MTD_BLKDEVS
232	---help---
233	  This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
234	  is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
235	  file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
236	  512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
237
238	  You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
239	  unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
240	  legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA
241	  hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
242	  permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
243	  not use it.
244
245config NFTL
246	tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
247	depends on BLOCK
248	select MTD_BLKDEVS
249	---help---
250	  This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
251	  used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
252	  file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
253	  512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
254
255	  You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
256	  unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
257	  legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
258	  hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
259	  permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
260	  not use it.
261
262config NFTL_RW
263	bool "Write support for NFTL"
264	depends on NFTL
265	help
266	  Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
267	  on the DiskOnChip.
268
269config INFTL
270	tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
271	depends on BLOCK
272	select MTD_BLKDEVS
273	---help---
274	  This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
275	  Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
276	  uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
277	  a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
278	  a 'normal' file system.
279
280	  You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
281	  unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
282	  legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
283	  hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
284	  permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
285	  not use it.
286
287config RFD_FTL
288        tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
289	depends on BLOCK
290	select MTD_BLKDEVS
291	---help---
292	  This provides support for the flash translation layer known
293	  as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
294	  of General Software. There is a blurb at:
295
296		http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
297
298config SSFDC
299	tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
300	depends on BLOCK
301	select MTD_BLKDEVS
302	help
303	  This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
304	  flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
305
306config MTD_OOPS
307	tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer"
308	depends on MTD
309	help
310	  This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
311	  buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back at some
312	  later point.
313
314	  To use, add console=ttyMTDx to the kernel command line,
315	  where x is the MTD device number to use.
316
317source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
318
319source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
320
321source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
322
323source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
324
325source "drivers/mtd/onenand/Kconfig"
326
327source "drivers/mtd/lpddr/Kconfig"
328
329source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
330
331endif # MTD
332