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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-06-07 12:22:15 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-06-07 12:22:15 +0200 |
commit | 5f4457a4f62cc9d78e04c0eb12ff0540899aad89 (patch) | |
tree | 0b973d527ea6b2ae31e08da0746b4965a3c5a6d8 /Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt | |
parent | 9b94b3a19b13e094c10f65f24bc358f6ffe4eacd (diff) | |
parent | b87297fb405ef13cac375f202d114323b076a56d (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/cpu
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diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..667c9bde869 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +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>; + }; + }; |