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1menuconfig MTD
2	tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
3	imply NVMEM
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_TESTS
16	tristate "MTD tests support (DANGEROUS)"
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
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
26config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
27	tristate "Command line partition table parsing"
28	depends on MTD
29	help
30	  Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
31	  command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
32	  different kinds of flash memory are available.
33
34	  You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
35	  for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
36	  SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
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
45	  <size>    := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
46	  remaining space
47	  <name>    := (NAME)
48
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
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
63config MTD_OF_PARTS
64	tristate "OpenFirmware partitioning information support"
65	default y
66	depends on OF
67	help
68	  This provides a partition parsing function which derives
69	  the partition map from the children of the flash node,
70	  as described in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt.
71
72config MTD_AR7_PARTS
73	tristate "TI AR7 partitioning support"
74	help
75	  TI AR7 partitioning support
76
77config MTD_BCM63XX_PARTS
78	tristate "BCM63XX CFE partitioning support"
79	depends on BCM63XX || BMIPS_GENERIC || COMPILE_TEST
80	select CRC32
81	select MTD_PARSER_IMAGETAG
82	help
83	  This provides partition parsing for BCM63xx devices with CFE
84	  bootloaders.
85
86config MTD_BCM47XX_PARTS
87	tristate "BCM47XX partitioning support"
88	depends on BCM47XX || ARCH_BCM_5301X
89	help
90	  This provides partitions parser for devices based on BCM47xx
91	  boards.
92
93menu "Partition parsers"
94source "drivers/mtd/parsers/Kconfig"
95endmenu
96
97comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
98
99#
100# MTD block device support is select'ed if needed
101#
102config MTD_BLKDEVS
103	tristate
104
105config MTD_BLOCK
106	tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
107	depends on BLOCK
108	select MTD_BLKDEVS
109	help
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"
130	depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK
131	select MTD_BLKDEVS
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"
142	depends on BLOCK
143	select MTD_BLKDEVS
144	help
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"
159	depends on BLOCK
160	select MTD_BLKDEVS
161	help
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"
183	depends on BLOCK
184	select MTD_BLKDEVS
185	help
186	  This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
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
199config RFD_FTL
200	tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
201	depends on BLOCK
202	select MTD_BLKDEVS
203	help
204	  This provides support for the flash translation layer known
205	  as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
206	  of General Software. There is a blurb at:
207
208		http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
209
210config SSFDC
211	tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
212	depends on BLOCK
213	select MTD_BLKDEVS
214	help
215	  This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
216	  flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
217
218config SM_FTL
219	tristate "SmartMedia/xD new translation layer"
220	depends on BLOCK
221	select MTD_BLKDEVS
222	select MTD_NAND_ECC_SW_HAMMING
223	help
224	  This enables EXPERIMENTAL R/W support for SmartMedia/xD
225	  FTL (Flash translation layer).
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)
232
233config MTD_OOPS
234	tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer"
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
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
246	  suitable for swapping.  The mapping of written blocks is not saved.
247	  The driver provides wear leveling by storing erase counter into the
248	  OOB.
249
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
263source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
264
265source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
266
267source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
268
269source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
270
271source "drivers/mtd/lpddr/Kconfig"
272
273source "drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig"
274
275source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
276
277endif # MTD
278