MTD: Relax dependencies
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ec98c681 1menuconfig MTD
1da177e4 2 tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
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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
97894cda 10 them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
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11 particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N.
12
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13if MTD
14
80f53da0 15config MTD_TESTS
48e546b7 16 tristate "MTD tests support (DANGEROUS)"
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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
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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
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26config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
27 tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
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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
97894cda 37 this option.
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38
39 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
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40 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
41 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
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42 example.
43
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44if MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
45
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46config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
47 int "Location of RedBoot partition table"
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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
4992a9e8 55 partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolute
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56 erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
57 sectors before the end of the device.
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59 For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
60 block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
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1da177e4 62config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
e55a3e8a 63 bool "Include unallocated flash regions"
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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
e55a3e8a 69 bool "Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
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70 help
71 If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
72 'FIS directory' images, enable this option.
73
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74endif # MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
75
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76config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
77 bool "Command line partition table parsing"
6a8a98b2 78 depends on MTD = "y"
1da177e4 79 ---help---
4992a9e8 80 Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
1da177e4 81 command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
97894cda 82 different kinds of flash memory are available.
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83
84 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
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85 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
86 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
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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
97894cda 95 <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
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96 remaining space
97 <name> := (NAME)
98
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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
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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"
b7b6e08f 115 depends on ARM
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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
adf00400 127 'physmap' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP) does this, for example.
1da177e4 128
9a310d21 129config MTD_OF_PARTS
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130 tristate "OpenFirmware partitioning information support"
131 default Y
b7b6e08f 132 depends on OF
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133 help
134 This provides a partition parsing function which derives
135 the partition map from the children of the flash node,
395cf969 136 as described in Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt.
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138config MTD_AR7_PARTS
139 tristate "TI AR7 partitioning support"
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140 ---help---
141 TI AR7 partitioning support
142
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143config MTD_BCM63XX_PARTS
144 tristate "BCM63XX CFE partitioning support"
145 depends on BCM63XX
146 select CRC32
147 help
148 This provides partions parsing for BCM63xx devices with CFE
149 bootloaders.
150
1da177e4 151comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
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152
153config MTD_CHAR
154 tristate "Direct char device access to MTD devices"
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155 help
156 This provides a character device for each MTD device present in
157 the system, allowing the user to read and write directly to the
158 memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
159 the device, or to erase parts of it.
160
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161config HAVE_MTD_OTP
162 bool
163 help
164 Enable access to OTP regions using MTD_CHAR.
165
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166config MTD_BLKDEVS
167 tristate "Common interface to block layer for MTD 'translation layers'"
ec98c681 168 depends on BLOCK
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169 default n
170
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171config MTD_BLOCK
172 tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
ec98c681 173 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 174 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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175 ---help---
176 Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
177 as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
178 on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
179 devices performing that function.
180
181 At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
182 System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
183 (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
184 of the mtdblock device).
185
186 Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
187 on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
188 this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
189 almost never written to.
190
191 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
192 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
193
194config MTD_BLOCK_RO
195 tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
ec98c681 196 depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 197 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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198 help
199 This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
200 from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
201 driver.
202
203 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
204 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
205
206config FTL
207 tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 208 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 209 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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210 ---help---
211 This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
212 is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
213 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
214 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
215
216 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
217 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
218 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA
219 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
220 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
221 not use it.
222
223config NFTL
224 tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 225 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 226 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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227 ---help---
228 This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
229 used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
230 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
231 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
232
233 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
234 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
235 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
236 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
237 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
238 not use it.
239
240config NFTL_RW
241 bool "Write support for NFTL"
242 depends on NFTL
243 help
244 Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
245 on the DiskOnChip.
246
247config INFTL
248 tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 249 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 250 select MTD_BLKDEVS
1da177e4 251 ---help---
97894cda 252 This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
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253 Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
254 uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
255 a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
256 a 'normal' file system.
257
258 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
259 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
260 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
261 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
262 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
263 not use it.
264
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265config RFD_FTL
266 tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
ec98c681 267 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 268 select MTD_BLKDEVS
e27a9960 269 ---help---
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270 This provides support for the flash translation layer known
271 as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
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272 of General Software. There is a blurb at:
273
274 http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
e27a9960 275
51197abf 276config SSFDC
892e4fba 277 tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
ec98c681 278 depends on BLOCK
f6a7ecb1 279 select MTD_BLKDEVS
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280 help
281 This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
282 flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
283
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285config SM_FTL
286 tristate "SmartMedia/xD new translation layer"
e5f710cf 287 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && BLOCK
7d17c02a 288 select MTD_BLKDEVS
e5f710cf 289 select MTD_NAND_ECC
7d17c02a 290 help
6f92355c 291 This enables EXPERIMENTAL R/W support for SmartMedia/xD
7de6f798 292 FTL (Flash translation layer).
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293 Write support is only lightly tested, therefore this driver
294 isn't recommended to use with valuable data (anyway if you have
295 valuable data, do backups regardless of software/hardware you
296 use, because you never know what will eat your data...)
297 If you only need R/O access, you can use older R/O driver
298 (CONFIG_SSFDC)
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300config MTD_OOPS
301 tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer"
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302 help
303 This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
304 buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back at some
305 later point.
306
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307 To use, add console=ttyMTDx to the kernel command line,
308 where x is the MTD device number to use.
309
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310config MTD_SWAP
311 tristate "Swap on MTD device support"
312 depends on MTD && SWAP
313 select MTD_BLKDEVS
314 help
315 Provides volatile block device driver on top of mtd partition
316 suitable for swapping. The mapping of written blocks is not saved.
317 The driver provides wear leveling by storing erase counter into the
318 OOB.
319
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320source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
321
322source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
323
324source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
325
326source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
327
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328source "drivers/mtd/onenand/Kconfig"
329
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330source "drivers/mtd/lpddr/Kconfig"
331
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332source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
333
ec98c681 334endif # MTD
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