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+# $Id: Kconfig,v 1.7 2004/11/22 11:33:56 ijc Exp $
+
+menu "Memory Technology Devices (MTD)"
+
+config MTD
+ tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
+ help
+ Memory Technology Devices are flash, RAM and similar chips, often
+ used for solid state file systems on embedded devices. This option
+ will provide the generic support for MTD drivers to register
+ themselves with the kernel and for potential users of MTD devices
+ to enumerate the devices which are present and obtain a handle on
+ them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
+ particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N.
+
+config MTD_DEBUG
+ bool "Debugging"
+ depends on MTD
+ help
+ This turns on low-level debugging for the entire MTD sub-system.
+ Normally, you should say 'N'.
+
+config MTD_DEBUG_VERBOSE
+ int "Debugging verbosity (0 = quiet, 3 = noisy)"
+ depends on MTD_DEBUG
+ default "0"
+ help
+ Determines the verbosity level of the MTD debugging messages.
+
+config MTD_CONCAT
+ tristate "MTD concatenating support"
+ depends on MTD
+ help
+ Support for concatenating several MTD devices into a single
+ (virtual) one. This allows you to have -for example- a JFFS(2)
+ file system spanning multiple physical flash chips. If unsure,
+ say 'Y'.
+
+config MTD_PARTITIONS
+ bool "MTD partitioning support"
+ depends on MTD
+ help
+ If you have a device which needs to divide its flash chip(s) up
+ into multiple 'partitions', each of which appears to the user as
+ a separate MTD device, you require this option to be enabled. If
+ unsure, say 'Y'.
+
+ Note, however, that you don't need this option for the DiskOnChip
+ devices. Partitioning on NFTL 'devices' is a different - that's the
+ 'normal' form of partitioning used on a block device.
+
+config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
+ tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
+ depends on MTD_PARTITIONS
+ ---help---
+ RedBoot is a ROM monitor and bootloader which deals with multiple
+ 'images' in flash devices by putting a table one of the erase
+ blocks on the device, similar to a partition table, which gives
+ the offsets, lengths and names of all the images stored in the
+ flash.
+
+ If you need code which can detect and parse this table, and register
+ MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image in the table, enable
+ this option.
+
+ You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
+ for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
+ SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
+ example.
+
+config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
+ int "Location of RedBoot partition table"
+ depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
+ default "-1"
+ ---help---
+ This option is the Linux counterpart to the
+ CYGNUM_REDBOOT_FIS_DIRECTORY_BLOCK RedBoot compile time
+ option.
+
+ The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
+ partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolete
+ erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
+ sectors before the end of the device.
+
+ For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
+ block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
+
+config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
+ bool " Include unallocated flash regions"
+ depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
+ help
+ If you need to register each unallocated flash region as a MTD
+ 'partition', enable this option.
+
+config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_READONLY
+ bool " Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
+ depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
+ help
+ If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
+ 'FIS directory' images, enable this option.
+
+config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
+ bool "Command line partition table parsing"
+ depends on MTD_PARTITIONS = "y"
+ ---help---
+ Allow generic configuration of the MTD paritition tables via the kernel
+ command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
+ different kinds of flash memory are available.
+
+ You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
+ for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
+ SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
+ example.
+
+ The format for the command line is as follows:
+
+ mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef]
+ <mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
+ <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
+ <mtd-id> := unique id used in mapping driver/device
+ <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
+ remaining space
+ <name> := (NAME)
+
+ Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
+ allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
+ names.
+
+ Examples:
+
+ 1 flash resource (mtd-id "sa1100"), with 1 single writable partition:
+ mtdparts=sa1100:-
+
+ Same flash, but 2 named partitions, the first one being read-only:
+ mtdparts=sa1100:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root)
+
+ If unsure, say 'N'.
+
+config MTD_AFS_PARTS
+ tristate "ARM Firmware Suite partition parsing"
+ depends on ARM && MTD_PARTITIONS
+ ---help---
+ The ARM Firmware Suite allows the user to divide flash devices into
+ multiple 'images'. Each such image has a header containing its name
+ and offset/size etc.
+
+ If you need code which can detect and parse these tables, and
+ register MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image detected,
+ enable this option.
+
+ You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
+ for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
+ 'armflash' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_ARMFLASH) does this, for example.
+
+comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
+ depends on MTD
+
+config MTD_CHAR
+ tristate "Direct char device access to MTD devices"
+ depends on MTD
+ help
+ This provides a character device for each MTD device present in
+ the system, allowing the user to read and write directly to the
+ memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
+ the device, or to erase parts of it.
+
+config MTD_BLOCK
+ tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
+ depends on MTD
+ ---help---
+ Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
+ as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
+ on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
+ devices performing that function.
+
+ At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
+ System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
+ (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
+ of the mtdblock device).
+
+ Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
+ on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
+ this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
+ almost never written to.
+
+ You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
+ those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
+
+config MTD_BLOCK_RO
+ tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
+ depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && MTD
+ help
+ This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
+ from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
+ driver.
+
+ You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
+ those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
+
+config FTL
+ tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
+ depends on MTD
+ ---help---
+ This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
+ is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
+ file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
+ 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
+
+ You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
+ unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
+ legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA
+ hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
+ permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
+ not use it.
+
+config NFTL
+ tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
+ depends on MTD
+ ---help---
+ This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
+ used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
+ file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
+ 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
+
+ You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
+ unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
+ legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
+ hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
+ permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
+ not use it.
+
+config NFTL_RW
+ bool "Write support for NFTL"
+ depends on NFTL
+ help
+ Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
+ on the DiskOnChip.
+
+config INFTL
+ tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
+ depends on MTD
+ ---help---
+ This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
+ Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
+ uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
+ a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
+ a 'normal' file system.
+
+ You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
+ unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
+ legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
+ hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
+ permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
+ not use it.
+
+source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
+
+source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
+
+source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
+
+source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
+
+endmenu
+