-# $Id: Kconfig,v 1.7 2004/11/22 11:33:56 ijc Exp $
+# $Id: Kconfig,v 1.11 2005/11/07 11:14:19 gleixner Exp $
menu "Memory Technology Devices (MTD)"
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
+ 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
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.
+ 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
+ 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
option.
The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
- partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolete
+ partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolute
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"
+ 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"
+ 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
config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
bool "Command line partition table parsing"
- depends on MTD_PARTITIONS = "y"
+ depends on MTD_PARTITIONS = "y" && MTD = "y"
---help---
- Allow generic configuration of the MTD paritition tables via the kernel
+ Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
- different kinds of flash memory are available.
+ 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
+ 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:
<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
+ <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
+ 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:
memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
the device, or to erase parts of it.
+config MTD_BLKDEVS
+ tristate "Common interface to block layer for MTD 'translation layers'"
+ depends on MTD && BLOCK
+ default n
+
config MTD_BLOCK
tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
- depends on MTD
+ depends on MTD && BLOCK
+ select MTD_BLKDEVS
---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
config MTD_BLOCK_RO
tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
- depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && MTD
+ depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && MTD && BLOCK
+ select MTD_BLKDEVS
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
config FTL
tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
- depends on MTD
+ depends on MTD && BLOCK
+ select MTD_BLKDEVS
---help---
This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
config NFTL
tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
- depends on MTD
+ depends on MTD && BLOCK
+ select MTD_BLKDEVS
---help---
This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
config INFTL
tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
- depends on MTD
+ depends on MTD && BLOCK
+ select MTD_BLKDEVS
---help---
- This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
+ 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
permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
not use it.
+config RFD_FTL
+ tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
+ depends on MTD && BLOCK
+ select MTD_BLKDEVS
+ ---help---
+ This provides support for the flash translation layer known
+ as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
+ of General Software. There is a blurb at:
+
+ http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
+
+config SSFDC
+ tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
+ depends on MTD && BLOCK
+ select MTD_BLKDEVS
+ help
+ This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
+ flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
+
source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
+source "drivers/mtd/onenand/Kconfig"
+
endmenu
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