| CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash |
| |
| Flash chips (Memory Technology Devices) are often used for solid state |
| file systems on embedded devices. |
| |
| - compatible : should contain the specific model of flash chip(s) |
| used, if known, followed by either "cfi-flash" or "jedec-flash" |
| - reg : Address range(s) of the flash chip(s) |
| It's possible to (optionally) define multiple "reg" tuples so that |
| non-identical NOR chips can be described in one flash node. |
| - bank-width : Width (in bytes) of the flash bank. Equal to the |
| device width times the number of interleaved chips. |
| - device-width : (optional) Width of a single flash chip. If |
| omitted, assumed to be equal to 'bank-width'. |
| - #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the flash has |
| sub-nodes representing partitions (see below). In this case |
| both #address-cells and #size-cells must be equal to 1. |
| |
| For JEDEC compatible devices, the following additional properties |
| are defined: |
| |
| - vendor-id : Contains the flash chip's vendor id (1 byte). |
| - device-id : Contains the flash chip's device id (1 byte). |
| |
| In addition to the information on the flash bank itself, the |
| device tree may optionally contain additional information |
| describing partitions of the flash address space. This can be |
| used on platforms which have strong conventions about which |
| portions of the flash are used for what purposes, but which don't |
| use an on-flash partition table such as RedBoot. |
| |
| Each partition is represented as a sub-node of the flash device. |
| Each node's name represents the name of the corresponding |
| partition of the flash device. |
| |
| Flash partitions |
| - reg : The partition's offset and size within the flash bank. |
| - label : (optional) The label / name for this flash partition. |
| If omitted, the label is taken from the node name (excluding |
| the unit address). |
| - read-only : (optional) This parameter, if present, is a hint to |
| Linux that this flash partition should only be mounted |
| read-only. This is usually used for flash partitions |
| containing early-boot firmware images or data which should not |
| be clobbered. |
| |
| Example: |
| |
| flash@ff000000 { |
| compatible = "amd,am29lv128ml", "cfi-flash"; |
| reg = <ff000000 01000000>; |
| bank-width = <4>; |
| device-width = <1>; |
| #address-cells = <1>; |
| #size-cells = <1>; |
| fs@0 { |
| label = "fs"; |
| reg = <0 f80000>; |
| }; |
| firmware@f80000 { |
| label ="firmware"; |
| reg = <f80000 80000>; |
| read-only; |
| }; |
| }; |
| |
| Here an example with multiple "reg" tuples: |
| |
| flash@f0000000,0 { |
| #address-cells = <1>; |
| #size-cells = <1>; |
| compatible = "intel,PC48F4400P0VB", "cfi-flash"; |
| reg = <0 0x00000000 0x02000000 |
| 0 0x02000000 0x02000000>; |
| bank-width = <2>; |
| partition@0 { |
| label = "test-part1"; |
| reg = <0 0x04000000>; |
| }; |
| }; |