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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
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -05003menuconfig MTD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07004 tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
Martin Schwidefskye25df122007-05-10 15:45:57 +02005 depends on HAS_IOMEM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07006 help
7 Memory Technology Devices are flash, RAM and similar chips, often
8 used for solid state file systems on embedded devices. This option
9 will provide the generic support for MTD drivers to register
10 themselves with the kernel and for potential users of MTD devices
11 to enumerate the devices which are present and obtain a handle on
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000012 them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070013 particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N.
14
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -050015if MTD
16
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070017config MTD_DEBUG
18 bool "Debugging"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070019 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"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070032 help
33 Support for concatenating several MTD devices into a single
34 (virtual) one. This allows you to have -for example- a JFFS(2)
35 file system spanning multiple physical flash chips. If unsure,
36 say 'Y'.
37
38config MTD_PARTITIONS
39 bool "MTD partitioning support"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070040 help
41 If you have a device which needs to divide its flash chip(s) up
42 into multiple 'partitions', each of which appears to the user as
43 a separate MTD device, you require this option to be enabled. If
44 unsure, say 'Y'.
45
46 Note, however, that you don't need this option for the DiskOnChip
47 devices. Partitioning on NFTL 'devices' is a different - that's the
48 'normal' form of partitioning used on a block device.
49
50config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
51 tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
52 depends on MTD_PARTITIONS
53 ---help---
54 RedBoot is a ROM monitor and bootloader which deals with multiple
55 'images' in flash devices by putting a table one of the erase
56 blocks on the device, similar to a partition table, which gives
57 the offsets, lengths and names of all the images stored in the
58 flash.
59
60 If you need code which can detect and parse this table, and register
61 MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image in the table, enable
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000062 this option.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070063
64 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000065 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
66 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070067 example.
68
69config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
70 int "Location of RedBoot partition table"
71 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
72 default "-1"
73 ---help---
74 This option is the Linux counterpart to the
75 CYGNUM_REDBOOT_FIS_DIRECTORY_BLOCK RedBoot compile time
76 option.
77
78 The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
Egry Gábor4992a9e2006-05-12 17:35:02 +010079 partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolute
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070080 erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
81 sectors before the end of the device.
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000082
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070083 For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
84 block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000085
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070086config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
Roman Zippele55a3e82006-06-08 22:12:49 -070087 bool "Include unallocated flash regions"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070088 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
89 help
90 If you need to register each unallocated flash region as a MTD
91 'partition', enable this option.
92
93config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_READONLY
Roman Zippele55a3e82006-06-08 22:12:49 -070094 bool "Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070095 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
96 help
97 If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
98 'FIS directory' images, enable this option.
99
100config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
101 bool "Command line partition table parsing"
David Woodhouse892e4fb2006-09-23 10:24:36 +0100102 depends on MTD_PARTITIONS = "y" && MTD = "y"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700103 ---help---
Egry Gábor4992a9e2006-05-12 17:35:02 +0100104 Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700105 command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000106 different kinds of flash memory are available.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700107
108 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000109 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
110 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700111 example.
112
113 The format for the command line is as follows:
114
115 mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef]
116 <mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
117 <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
118 <mtd-id> := unique id used in mapping driver/device
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000119 <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700120 remaining space
121 <name> := (NAME)
122
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000123 Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
124 allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700125 names.
126
127 Examples:
128
129 1 flash resource (mtd-id "sa1100"), with 1 single writable partition:
130 mtdparts=sa1100:-
131
132 Same flash, but 2 named partitions, the first one being read-only:
133 mtdparts=sa1100:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root)
134
135 If unsure, say 'N'.
136
137config MTD_AFS_PARTS
138 tristate "ARM Firmware Suite partition parsing"
139 depends on ARM && MTD_PARTITIONS
140 ---help---
141 The ARM Firmware Suite allows the user to divide flash devices into
142 multiple 'images'. Each such image has a header containing its name
143 and offset/size etc.
144
145 If you need code which can detect and parse these tables, and
146 register MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image detected,
147 enable this option.
148
149 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
150 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
151 'armflash' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_ARMFLASH) does this, for example.
152
Scott Wood9a310d22008-01-15 17:54:43 -0600153config MTD_OF_PARTS
154 tristate "Flash partition map based on OF description"
155 depends on PPC_OF && MTD_PARTITIONS
156 help
157 This provides a partition parsing function which derives
158 the partition map from the children of the flash node,
159 as described in Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt.
160
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700161comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700162
163config MTD_CHAR
164 tristate "Direct char device access to MTD devices"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700165 help
166 This provides a character device for each MTD device present in
167 the system, allowing the user to read and write directly to the
168 memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
169 the device, or to erase parts of it.
170
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600171config MTD_BLKDEVS
172 tristate "Common interface to block layer for MTD 'translation layers'"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500173 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600174 default n
175
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700176config MTD_BLOCK
177 tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500178 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600179 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700180 ---help---
181 Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
182 as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
183 on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
184 devices performing that function.
185
186 At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
187 System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
188 (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
189 of the mtdblock device).
190
191 Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
192 on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
193 this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
194 almost never written to.
195
196 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
197 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
198
199config MTD_BLOCK_RO
200 tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500201 depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600202 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700203 help
204 This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
205 from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
206 driver.
207
208 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
209 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
210
211config FTL
212 tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500213 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600214 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700215 ---help---
216 This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
217 is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
218 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
219 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
220
221 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
222 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
223 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA
224 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
225 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
226 not use it.
227
228config NFTL
229 tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500230 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600231 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700232 ---help---
233 This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
234 used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. 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 DiskOnChip
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_RW
246 bool "Write support for NFTL"
247 depends on NFTL
248 help
249 Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
250 on the DiskOnChip.
251
252config INFTL
253 tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500254 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600255 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700256 ---help---
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000257 This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700258 Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
259 uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
260 a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
261 a 'normal' file system.
262
263 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
264 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
265 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
266 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
267 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
268 not use it.
269
Sean Younge27a9962005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100270config RFD_FTL
271 tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500272 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600273 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Sean Younge27a9962005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100274 ---help---
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000275 This provides support for the flash translation layer known
276 as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
Kyungmin Parkcd5f6342005-07-11 11:41:53 +0100277 of General Software. There is a blurb at:
278
279 http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
Sean Younge27a9962005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100280
Claudio Lanconelli51197ab2006-09-22 11:01:37 +0100281config SSFDC
David Woodhouse892e4fb2006-09-23 10:24:36 +0100282 tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500283 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600284 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Claudio Lanconelli51197ab2006-09-22 11:01:37 +0100285 help
286 This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
287 flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
288
Richard Purdie4b23aff2007-05-29 13:31:42 +0100289config MTD_OOPS
290 tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer"
291 depends on MTD
292 help
293 This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
294 buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back at some
295 later point.
296
Peter Korsgaard256331d2007-11-06 11:55:00 +0100297 To use, add console=ttyMTDx to the kernel command line,
298 where x is the MTD device number to use.
299
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700300source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
301
302source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
303
304source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
305
306source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
307
Kyungmin Parkcd5f6342005-07-11 11:41:53 +0100308source "drivers/mtd/onenand/Kconfig"
309
Artem B. Bityutskiy801c1352006-06-27 12:22:22 +0400310source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
311
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500312endif # MTD