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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_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_REDBOOT_PARTS
27	tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
28	---help---
29	  RedBoot is a ROM monitor and bootloader which deals with multiple
30	  'images' in flash devices by putting a table one of the erase
31	  blocks on the device, similar to a partition table, which gives
32	  the offsets, lengths and names of all the images stored in the
33	  flash.
34
35	  If you need code which can detect and parse this table, and register
36	  MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image in the table, enable
37	  this option.
38
39	  You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
40	  for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
41	  SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
42	  example.
43
44if MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
45
46config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
47	int "Location of RedBoot partition table"
48	default "-1"
49	---help---
50	  This option is the Linux counterpart to the
51	  CYGNUM_REDBOOT_FIS_DIRECTORY_BLOCK RedBoot compile time
52	  option.
53
54	  The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
55	  partition table.  A zero or positive value gives an absolute
56	  erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
57	  sectors before the end of the device.
58
59	  For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
60	  block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
61
62config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
63	bool "Include unallocated flash regions"
64	help
65	  If you need to register each unallocated flash region as a MTD
66	  'partition', enable this option.
67
68config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_READONLY
69	bool "Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
70	help
71	  If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
72	  'FIS directory' images, enable this option.
73
74endif # MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
75
76config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
77	bool "Command line partition table parsing"
78	depends on MTD = "y"
79	---help---
80	  Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
81	  command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
82	  different kinds of flash memory are available.
83
84	  You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
85	  for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
86	  SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
87	  example.
88
89	  The format for the command line is as follows:
90
91	  mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef]
92	  <mtddef>  := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
93	  <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
94	  <mtd-id>  := unique id used in mapping driver/device
95	  <size>    := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
96	  remaining space
97	  <name>    := (NAME)
98
99	  Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
100	  allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
101	  names.
102
103	  Examples:
104
105	  1 flash resource (mtd-id "sa1100"), with 1 single writable partition:
106	  mtdparts=sa1100:-
107
108	  Same flash, but 2 named partitions, the first one being read-only:
109	  mtdparts=sa1100:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root)
110
111	  If unsure, say 'N'.
112
113config MTD_AFS_PARTS
114	tristate "ARM Firmware Suite partition parsing"
115	depends on ARM
116	---help---
117	  The ARM Firmware Suite allows the user to divide flash devices into
118	  multiple 'images'. Each such image has a header containing its name
119	  and offset/size etc.
120
121	  If you need code which can detect and parse these tables, and
122	  register MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image detected,
123	  enable this option.
124
125	  You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
126	  for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
127	  'physmap' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP) does this, for example.
128
129config MTD_OF_PARTS
130	tristate "OpenFirmware partitioning information support"
131	default Y
132	depends on OF
133	help
134	  This provides a partition parsing function which derives
135	  the partition map from the children of the flash node,
136	  as described in Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt.
137
138config MTD_AR7_PARTS
139	tristate "TI AR7 partitioning support"
140	---help---
141	  TI AR7 partitioning support
142
143comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
144
145config MTD_CHAR
146	tristate "Direct char device access to MTD devices"
147	help
148	  This provides a character device for each MTD device present in
149	  the system, allowing the user to read and write directly to the
150	  memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
151	  the device, or to erase parts of it.
152
153config HAVE_MTD_OTP
154	bool
155	help
156	  Enable access to OTP regions using MTD_CHAR.
157
158config MTD_BLKDEVS
159	tristate "Common interface to block layer for MTD 'translation layers'"
160	depends on BLOCK
161	default n
162
163config MTD_BLOCK
164	tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
165	depends on BLOCK
166	select MTD_BLKDEVS
167	---help---
168	  Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
169	  as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
170	  on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
171	  devices performing that function.
172
173	  At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
174	  System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
175	  (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
176	  of the mtdblock device).
177
178	  Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
179	  on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
180	  this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
181	  almost never written to.
182
183	  You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
184	  those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
185
186config MTD_BLOCK_RO
187	tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
188	depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK
189	select MTD_BLKDEVS
190	help
191	  This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
192	  from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
193	  driver.
194
195	  You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
196	  those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
197
198config FTL
199	tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
200	depends on BLOCK
201	select MTD_BLKDEVS
202	---help---
203	  This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
204	  is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
205	  file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
206	  512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
207
208	  You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
209	  unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
210	  legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA
211	  hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
212	  permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
213	  not use it.
214
215config NFTL
216	tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
217	depends on BLOCK
218	select MTD_BLKDEVS
219	---help---
220	  This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
221	  used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
222	  file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
223	  512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
224
225	  You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
226	  unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
227	  legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
228	  hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
229	  permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
230	  not use it.
231
232config NFTL_RW
233	bool "Write support for NFTL"
234	depends on NFTL
235	help
236	  Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
237	  on the DiskOnChip.
238
239config INFTL
240	tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
241	depends on BLOCK
242	select MTD_BLKDEVS
243	---help---
244	  This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
245	  Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
246	  uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
247	  a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
248	  a 'normal' file system.
249
250	  You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
251	  unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
252	  legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
253	  hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
254	  permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
255	  not use it.
256
257config RFD_FTL
258        tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
259	depends on BLOCK
260	select MTD_BLKDEVS
261	---help---
262	  This provides support for the flash translation layer known
263	  as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
264	  of General Software. There is a blurb at:
265
266		http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
267
268config SSFDC
269	tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
270	depends on BLOCK
271	select MTD_BLKDEVS
272	help
273	  This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
274	  flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
275
276
277config SM_FTL
278	tristate "SmartMedia/xD new translation layer"
279	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && BLOCK
280	select MTD_BLKDEVS
281	select MTD_NAND_ECC
282	help
283	  This enables EXPERIMENTAL R/W support for SmartMedia/xD
284	  FTL (Flash translation layer).
285	  Write support is only lightly tested, therefore this driver
286	  isn't recommended to use with valuable data (anyway if you have
287	  valuable data, do backups regardless of software/hardware you
288	  use, because you never know what will eat your data...)
289	  If you only need R/O access, you can use older R/O driver
290	  (CONFIG_SSFDC)
291
292config MTD_OOPS
293	tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer"
294	help
295	  This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
296	  buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back at some
297	  later point.
298
299	  To use, add console=ttyMTDx to the kernel command line,
300	  where x is the MTD device number to use.
301
302config MTD_SWAP
303	tristate "Swap on MTD device support"
304	depends on MTD && SWAP
305	select MTD_BLKDEVS
306	help
307	  Provides volatile block device driver on top of mtd partition
308          suitable for swapping.  The mapping of written blocks is not saved.
309	  The driver provides wear leveling by storing erase counter into the
310	  OOB.
311
312source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
313
314source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
315
316source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
317
318source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
319
320source "drivers/mtd/onenand/Kconfig"
321
322source "drivers/mtd/lpddr/Kconfig"
323
324source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
325
326endif # MTD
327