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Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +00001# $Id: Kconfig,v 1.11 2005/11/07 11:14:19 gleixner Exp $
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002
3menu "Memory Technology Devices (MTD)"
4
5config MTD
6 tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
7 help
8 Memory Technology Devices are flash, RAM and similar chips, often
9 used for solid state file systems on embedded devices. This option
10 will provide the generic support for MTD drivers to register
11 themselves with the kernel and for potential users of MTD devices
12 to enumerate the devices which are present and obtain a handle on
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000013 them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070014 particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N.
15
16config MTD_DEBUG
17 bool "Debugging"
18 depends on MTD
19 help
20 This turns on low-level debugging for the entire MTD sub-system.
21 Normally, you should say 'N'.
22
23config MTD_DEBUG_VERBOSE
24 int "Debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)"
25 depends on MTD_DEBUG
26 default "0"
27 help
28 Determines the verbosity level of the MTD debugging messages.
29
30config MTD_CONCAT
31 tristate "MTD concatenating support"
32 depends on MTD
33 help
34 Support for concatenating several MTD devices into a single
35 (virtual) one. This allows you to have -for example- a JFFS(2)
36 file system spanning multiple physical flash chips. If unsure,
37 say 'Y'.
38
39config MTD_PARTITIONS
40 bool "MTD partitioning support"
41 depends on MTD
42 help
43 If you have a device which needs to divide its flash chip(s) up
44 into multiple 'partitions', each of which appears to the user as
45 a separate MTD device, you require this option to be enabled. If
46 unsure, say 'Y'.
47
48 Note, however, that you don't need this option for the DiskOnChip
49 devices. Partitioning on NFTL 'devices' is a different - that's the
50 'normal' form of partitioning used on a block device.
51
52config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
53 tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
54 depends on MTD_PARTITIONS
55 ---help---
56 RedBoot is a ROM monitor and bootloader which deals with multiple
57 'images' in flash devices by putting a table one of the erase
58 blocks on the device, similar to a partition table, which gives
59 the offsets, lengths and names of all the images stored in the
60 flash.
61
62 If you need code which can detect and parse this table, and register
63 MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image in the table, enable
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000064 this option.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070065
66 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000067 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
68 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070069 example.
70
71config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
72 int "Location of RedBoot partition table"
73 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
74 default "-1"
75 ---help---
76 This option is the Linux counterpart to the
77 CYGNUM_REDBOOT_FIS_DIRECTORY_BLOCK RedBoot compile time
78 option.
79
80 The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
Egry Gábor4992a9e2006-05-12 17:35:02 +010081 partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolute
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070082 erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
83 sectors before the end of the device.
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000084
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070085 For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
86 block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000087
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070088config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
Roman Zippele55a3e82006-06-08 22:12:49 -070089 bool "Include unallocated flash regions"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070090 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
91 help
92 If you need to register each unallocated flash region as a MTD
93 'partition', enable this option.
94
95config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_READONLY
Roman Zippele55a3e82006-06-08 22:12:49 -070096 bool "Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070097 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
98 help
99 If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
100 'FIS directory' images, enable this option.
101
102config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
103 bool "Command line partition table parsing"
David Woodhouse892e4fb2006-09-23 10:24:36 +0100104 depends on MTD_PARTITIONS = "y" && MTD = "y"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700105 ---help---
Egry Gábor4992a9e2006-05-12 17:35:02 +0100106 Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700107 command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000108 different kinds of flash memory are available.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700109
110 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000111 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
112 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700113 example.
114
115 The format for the command line is as follows:
116
117 mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef]
118 <mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
119 <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
120 <mtd-id> := unique id used in mapping driver/device
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000121 <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700122 remaining space
123 <name> := (NAME)
124
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000125 Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
126 allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700127 names.
128
129 Examples:
130
131 1 flash resource (mtd-id "sa1100"), with 1 single writable partition:
132 mtdparts=sa1100:-
133
134 Same flash, but 2 named partitions, the first one being read-only:
135 mtdparts=sa1100:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root)
136
137 If unsure, say 'N'.
138
139config MTD_AFS_PARTS
140 tristate "ARM Firmware Suite partition parsing"
141 depends on ARM && MTD_PARTITIONS
142 ---help---
143 The ARM Firmware Suite allows the user to divide flash devices into
144 multiple 'images'. Each such image has a header containing its name
145 and offset/size etc.
146
147 If you need code which can detect and parse these tables, and
148 register MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image detected,
149 enable this option.
150
151 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
152 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
153 'armflash' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_ARMFLASH) does this, for example.
154
155comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
156 depends on MTD
157
158config MTD_CHAR
159 tristate "Direct char device access to MTD devices"
160 depends on MTD
161 help
162 This provides a character device for each MTD device present in
163 the system, allowing the user to read and write directly to the
164 memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
165 the device, or to erase parts of it.
166
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600167config MTD_BLKDEVS
168 tristate "Common interface to block layer for MTD 'translation layers'"
169 depends on MTD && BLOCK
170 default n
171
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700172config MTD_BLOCK
173 tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200174 depends on MTD && BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600175 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700176 ---help---
177 Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
178 as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
179 on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
180 devices performing that function.
181
182 At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
183 System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
184 (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
185 of the mtdblock device).
186
187 Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
188 on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
189 this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
190 almost never written to.
191
192 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
193 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
194
195config MTD_BLOCK_RO
196 tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200197 depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && MTD && BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600198 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700199 help
200 This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
201 from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
202 driver.
203
204 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
205 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
206
207config FTL
208 tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200209 depends on MTD && BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600210 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700211 ---help---
212 This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
213 is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
214 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
215 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
216
217 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
218 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
219 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA
220 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
221 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
222 not use it.
223
224config NFTL
225 tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200226 depends on MTD && BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600227 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700228 ---help---
229 This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
230 used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
231 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
232 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
233
234 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
235 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
236 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
237 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
238 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
239 not use it.
240
241config NFTL_RW
242 bool "Write support for NFTL"
243 depends on NFTL
244 help
245 Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
246 on the DiskOnChip.
247
248config INFTL
249 tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200250 depends on MTD && BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600251 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700252 ---help---
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000253 This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700254 Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
255 uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
256 a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
257 a 'normal' file system.
258
259 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
260 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
261 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
262 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
263 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
264 not use it.
265
Sean Younge27a9962005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100266config RFD_FTL
267 tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
David Howells93614012006-09-30 20:45:40 +0200268 depends on MTD && BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600269 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Sean Younge27a9962005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100270 ---help---
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000271 This provides support for the flash translation layer known
272 as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
Kyungmin Parkcd5f6342005-07-11 11:41:53 +0100273 of General Software. There is a blurb at:
274
275 http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
Sean Younge27a9962005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100276
Claudio Lanconelli51197ab2006-09-22 11:01:37 +0100277config SSFDC
David Woodhouse892e4fb2006-09-23 10:24:36 +0100278 tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
Adrian Bunk1ef93a02006-10-09 01:16:38 +0200279 depends on MTD && BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600280 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Claudio Lanconelli51197ab2006-09-22 11:01:37 +0100281 help
282 This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
283 flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
284
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700285source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
286
287source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
288
289source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
290
291source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
292
Kyungmin Parkcd5f6342005-07-11 11:41:53 +0100293source "drivers/mtd/onenand/Kconfig"
294
Artem B. Bityutskiy801c1352006-06-27 12:22:22 +0400295source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
296
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700297endmenu
298