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Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -05001menuconfig MTD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002 tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
Martin Schwidefskye25df122007-05-10 15:45:57 +02003 depends on HAS_IOMEM
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07004 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
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000010 them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070011 particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N.
12
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -050013if MTD
14
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070015config MTD_DEBUG
16 bool "Debugging"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070017 help
18 This turns on low-level debugging for the entire MTD sub-system.
19 Normally, you should say 'N'.
20
21config MTD_DEBUG_VERBOSE
22 int "Debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)"
23 depends on MTD_DEBUG
24 default "0"
25 help
26 Determines the verbosity level of the MTD debugging messages.
27
28config MTD_CONCAT
29 tristate "MTD concatenating support"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070030 help
31 Support for concatenating several MTD devices into a single
32 (virtual) one. This allows you to have -for example- a JFFS(2)
33 file system spanning multiple physical flash chips. If unsure,
34 say 'Y'.
35
36config MTD_PARTITIONS
37 bool "MTD partitioning support"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070038 help
39 If you have a device which needs to divide its flash chip(s) up
40 into multiple 'partitions', each of which appears to the user as
41 a separate MTD device, you require this option to be enabled. If
42 unsure, say 'Y'.
43
44 Note, however, that you don't need this option for the DiskOnChip
45 devices. Partitioning on NFTL 'devices' is a different - that's the
46 'normal' form of partitioning used on a block device.
47
Artem Bityutskiy9faa8152008-12-08 13:39:25 +020048config MTD_TESTS
49 tristate "MTD tests support"
50 depends on m
51 help
52 This option includes various MTD tests into compilation. The tests
53 should normally be compiled as kernel modules. The modules perform
54 various checks and verifications when loaded.
55
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070056config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
57 tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
58 depends on MTD_PARTITIONS
59 ---help---
60 RedBoot is a ROM monitor and bootloader which deals with multiple
61 'images' in flash devices by putting a table one of the erase
62 blocks on the device, similar to a partition table, which gives
63 the offsets, lengths and names of all the images stored in the
64 flash.
65
66 If you need code which can detect and parse this table, and register
67 MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image in the table, enable
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000068 this option.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070069
70 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000071 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
72 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070073 example.
74
75config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
76 int "Location of RedBoot partition table"
77 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
78 default "-1"
79 ---help---
80 This option is the Linux counterpart to the
81 CYGNUM_REDBOOT_FIS_DIRECTORY_BLOCK RedBoot compile time
82 option.
83
84 The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
Egry Gábor4992a9e2006-05-12 17:35:02 +010085 partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolute
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070086 erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
87 sectors before the end of the device.
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000088
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070089 For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
90 block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +000091
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070092config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
Roman Zippele55a3e82006-06-08 22:12:49 -070093 bool "Include unallocated flash regions"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070094 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
95 help
96 If you need to register each unallocated flash region as a MTD
97 'partition', enable this option.
98
99config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_READONLY
Roman Zippele55a3e82006-06-08 22:12:49 -0700100 bool "Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700101 depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
102 help
103 If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
104 'FIS directory' images, enable this option.
105
106config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
107 bool "Command line partition table parsing"
David Woodhouse892e4fb2006-09-23 10:24:36 +0100108 depends on MTD_PARTITIONS = "y" && MTD = "y"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700109 ---help---
Egry Gábor4992a9e2006-05-12 17:35:02 +0100110 Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700111 command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000112 different kinds of flash memory are available.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700113
114 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000115 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
116 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700117 example.
118
119 The format for the command line is as follows:
120
121 mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef]
122 <mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
123 <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
124 <mtd-id> := unique id used in mapping driver/device
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000125 <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700126 remaining space
127 <name> := (NAME)
128
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000129 Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
130 allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700131 names.
132
133 Examples:
134
135 1 flash resource (mtd-id "sa1100"), with 1 single writable partition:
136 mtdparts=sa1100:-
137
138 Same flash, but 2 named partitions, the first one being read-only:
139 mtdparts=sa1100:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root)
140
141 If unsure, say 'N'.
142
143config MTD_AFS_PARTS
144 tristate "ARM Firmware Suite partition parsing"
145 depends on ARM && MTD_PARTITIONS
146 ---help---
147 The ARM Firmware Suite allows the user to divide flash devices into
148 multiple 'images'. Each such image has a header containing its name
149 and offset/size etc.
150
151 If you need code which can detect and parse these tables, and
152 register MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image detected,
153 enable this option.
154
155 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
156 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
157 'armflash' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_ARMFLASH) does this, for example.
158
Scott Wood9a310d22008-01-15 17:54:43 -0600159config MTD_OF_PARTS
160 tristate "Flash partition map based on OF description"
161 depends on PPC_OF && MTD_PARTITIONS
162 help
163 This provides a partition parsing function which derives
164 the partition map from the children of the flash node,
165 as described in Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt.
166
Matteo Crocef0797882008-03-12 02:25:06 +0100167config MTD_AR7_PARTS
168 tristate "TI AR7 partitioning support"
169 depends on MTD_PARTITIONS
170 ---help---
171 TI AR7 partitioning support
172
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700173comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700174
175config MTD_CHAR
176 tristate "Direct char device access to MTD devices"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700177 help
178 This provides a character device for each MTD device present in
179 the system, allowing the user to read and write directly to the
180 memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
181 the device, or to erase parts of it.
182
David Brownell34a82442008-07-30 12:35:05 -0700183config HAVE_MTD_OTP
184 bool
185 help
186 Enable access to OTP regions using MTD_CHAR.
187
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600188config MTD_BLKDEVS
189 tristate "Common interface to block layer for MTD 'translation layers'"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500190 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600191 default n
192
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700193config MTD_BLOCK
194 tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500195 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600196 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700197 ---help---
198 Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
199 as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
200 on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
201 devices performing that function.
202
203 At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
204 System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
205 (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
206 of the mtdblock device).
207
208 Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
209 on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
210 this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
211 almost never written to.
212
213 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
214 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
215
216config MTD_BLOCK_RO
217 tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500218 depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600219 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700220 help
221 This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
222 from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
223 driver.
224
225 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
226 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
227
228config FTL
229 tristate "FTL (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 original Flash Translation Layer which
234 is part of the PCMCIA specification. 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 PCMCIA
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
246 tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500247 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600248 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700249 ---help---
250 This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
251 used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
252 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
253 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
254
255 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
256 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
257 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
258 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
259 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
260 not use it.
261
262config NFTL_RW
263 bool "Write support for NFTL"
264 depends on NFTL
265 help
266 Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
267 on the DiskOnChip.
268
269config INFTL
270 tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500271 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600272 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700273 ---help---
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000274 This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700275 Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
276 uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
277 a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
278 a 'normal' file system.
279
280 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
281 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
282 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
283 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
284 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
285 not use it.
286
Sean Younge27a9962005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100287config RFD_FTL
288 tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500289 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600290 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Sean Younge27a9962005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100291 ---help---
Thomas Gleixner97894cd2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000292 This provides support for the flash translation layer known
293 as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
Kyungmin Parkcd5f6342005-07-11 11:41:53 +0100294 of General Software. There is a blurb at:
295
296 http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
Sean Younge27a9962005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100297
Claudio Lanconelli51197ab2006-09-22 11:01:37 +0100298config SSFDC
David Woodhouse892e4fb2006-09-23 10:24:36 +0100299 tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500300 depends on BLOCK
Josh Boyerf6a7ecb2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600301 select MTD_BLKDEVS
Claudio Lanconelli51197ab2006-09-22 11:01:37 +0100302 help
303 This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
304 flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
305
Richard Purdie4b23aff2007-05-29 13:31:42 +0100306config MTD_OOPS
307 tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer"
308 depends on MTD
309 help
310 This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
311 buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back at some
312 later point.
313
Peter Korsgaard256331d2007-11-06 11:55:00 +0100314 To use, add console=ttyMTDx to the kernel command line,
315 where x is the MTD device number to use.
316
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700317source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
318
319source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
320
321source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
322
323source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
324
Kyungmin Parkcd5f6342005-07-11 11:41:53 +0100325source "drivers/mtd/onenand/Kconfig"
326
Artem B. Bityutskiy801c1352006-06-27 12:22:22 +0400327source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"
328
Jan Engelhardtec98c682007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500329endif # MTD