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| author | Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> | 2007-07-21 04:37:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-07-21 17:49:16 -0700 |
| commit | f96526354bb0824f3ce550a028606d2f94435b92 (patch) | |
| tree | 9bc2730a69a4b3fba1750e75e7d6ee6474e6f6b2 /arch | |
| parent | 9aea8cbf2866c5680e30ff473341b7c5e93f7442 (diff) | |
ps3: FLASH ROM Storage Driver
Add a FLASH ROM Storage Driver for the PS3:
- Implemented as a misc character device driver
- Uses a fixed 256 KiB buffer allocated from boot memory as the hypervisor
requires the writing of aligned 256 KiB blocks
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig index f6092916ebc..d4fc74f7bb1 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig @@ -123,4 +123,19 @@ config PS3_ROM In general, all users will say Y or M. Also make sure to say Y or M to "SCSI CDROM support" later. +config PS3_FLASH + tristate "PS3 FLASH ROM Storage Driver" + depends on PPC_PS3 + select PS3_STORAGE + help + Include support for the PS3 FLASH ROM Storage. + + This support is required to access the PS3 FLASH ROM, which + contains the boot loader and some boot options. + In general, all users will say Y or M. + + As this driver needs a fixed buffer of 256 KiB of memory, it can + be disabled on the kernel command line using "ps3flash=off", to + not allocate this fixed buffer. + endmenu |