drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig v3.0-rc7


Menu: Self-contained MTD device drivers

MTD_PMC551

Ramix PMC551 PCI Mezzanine RAM card support

This provides a MTD device driver for the Ramix PMC551 RAM PCI card
from Ramix Inc. <http://www.ramix.com/products/memory/pmc551.html>.
These devices come in memory configurations from 32M - 1G.  If you
have one, you probably want to enable this.

If this driver is compiled as a module you get the ability to select
the size of the aperture window pointing into the devices memory.
What this means is that if you have a 1G card, normally the kernel
will use a 1G memory map as its view of the device.  As a module,
you can select a 1M window into the memory and the driver will
"slide" the window around the PMC551's memory.  This was
particularly useful on the 2.2 kernels on PPC architectures as there
was limited kernel space to deal with.

MTD_PMC551_BUGFIX

PMC551 256M DRAM Bugfix

Some of Ramix's PMC551 boards with 256M configurations have invalid
column and row mux values.  This option will fix them, but will
break other memory configurations.  If unsure say N.

MTD_PMC551_DEBUG

PMC551 Debugging

This option makes the PMC551 more verbose during its operation and
is only really useful if you are developing on this driver or
suspect a possible hardware or driver bug.  If unsure say N.

MTD_MS02NV

DEC MS02-NV NVRAM module support

This is an MTD driver for the DEC's MS02-NV (54-20948-01) battery
backed-up NVRAM module.  The module was originally meant as an NFS
accelerator.  Say Y here if you have a DECstation 5000/2x0 or a
DECsystem 5900 equipped with such a module.

If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>.
The module will be called ms02-nv.

MTD_DATAFLASH

Support for AT45xxx DataFlash

This enables access to AT45xxx DataFlash chips, using SPI.
Sometimes DataFlash chips are packaged inside MMC-format
cards; at this writing, the MMC stack won't handle those.

MTD_DATAFLASH_WRITE_VERIFY

Verify DataFlash page writes

This adds an extra check when data is written to the flash.
It may help if you are verifying chip setup (timings etc) on
your board.  There is a rare possibility that even though the
device thinks the write was successful, a bit could have been
flipped accidentally due to device wear or something else.

MTD_DATAFLASH_OTP

DataFlash OTP support (Security Register)

Newer DataFlash chips (revisions C and D) support 128 bytes of
one-time-programmable (OTP) data.  The first half may be written
(once) with up to 64 bytes of data, such as a serial number or
other key product data.  The second half is programmed with a
unique-to-each-chip bit pattern at the factory.

MTD_M25P80

Support most SPI Flash chips (AT26DF, M25P, W25X, ...)

This enables access to most modern SPI flash chips, used for
program and data storage.   Series supported include Atmel AT26DF,
Spansion S25SL, SST 25VF, ST M25P, and Winbond W25X.  Other chips
are supported as well.  See the driver source for the current list,
or to add other chips.

Note that the original DataFlash chips (AT45 series, not AT26DF),
need an entirely different driver.

Set up your spi devices with the right board-specific platform data,
if you want to specify device partitioning or to use a device which
doesn't support the JEDEC ID instruction.

M25PXX_USE_FAST_READ

Use FAST_READ OPCode allowing SPI CLK <= 50MHz

This option enables FAST_READ access supported by ST M25Pxx.

MTD_SST25L

Support SST25L (non JEDEC) SPI Flash chips

This enables access to the non JEDEC SST25L SPI flash chips, used
for program and data storage.

Set up your spi devices with the right board-specific platform data,
if you want to specify device partitioning.

MTD_SLRAM

Uncached system RAM

If your CPU cannot cache all of the physical memory in your machine,
you can still use it for storage or swap by using this driver to
present it to the system as a Memory Technology Device.

MTD_PHRAM

Physical system RAM

This is a re-implementation of the slram driver above.

Use this driver to access physical memory that the kernel proper
doesn't have access to, memory beyond the mem=xxx limit, nvram,
memory on the video card, etc...

MTD_LART

28F160xx flash driver for LART

This enables the flash driver for LART. Please note that you do
not need any mapping/chip driver for LART. This one does it all
for you, so go disable all of those if you enabled some of them (:

MTD_MTDRAM

Test driver using RAM

This enables a test MTD device driver which uses vmalloc() to
provide storage.  You probably want to say 'N' unless you're
testing stuff.

MTDRAM_TOTAL_SIZE

MTDRAM device size in KiB

This allows you to configure the total size of the MTD device
emulated by the MTDRAM driver.  If the MTDRAM driver is built
as a module, it is also possible to specify this as a parameter when
loading the module.

MTDRAM_ERASE_SIZE

MTDRAM erase block size in KiB

This allows you to configure the size of the erase blocks in the
device emulated by the MTDRAM driver.  If the MTDRAM driver is built
as a module, it is also possible to specify this as a parameter when
loading the module.

MTDRAM_ABS_POS

SRAM Hexadecimal Absolute position or 0

If you have system RAM accessible by the CPU but not used by Linux
in normal operation, you can give the physical address at which the
available RAM starts, and the MTDRAM driver will use it instead of
allocating space from Linux's available memory. Otherwise, leave
this set to zero. Most people will want to leave this as zero.

MTD_BLOCK2MTD

MTD using block device

This driver allows a block device to appear as an MTD. It would
generally be used in the following cases:

Using Compact Flash as an MTD, these usually present themselves to
the system as an ATA drive.
Testing MTD users (eg JFFS2) on large media and media that might
be removed during a write (using the floppy drive).

Disk-On-Chip Device Drivers

MTD_DOC2000

M-Systems Disk-On-Chip 2000 and Millennium (DEPRECATED)

This provides an MTD device driver for the M-Systems DiskOnChip
2000 and Millennium devices.  Originally designed for the DiskOnChip
2000, it also now includes support for the DiskOnChip Millennium.
If you have problems with this driver and the DiskOnChip Millennium,
you may wish to try the alternative Millennium driver below. To use
the alternative driver, you will need to undefine DOC_SINGLE_DRIVER
in the <file:drivers/mtd/devices/docprobe.c> source code.

If you use this device, you probably also want to enable the NFTL
'NAND Flash Translation Layer' option below, which is used to
emulate a block device by using a kind of file system on the flash
chips.

NOTE: This driver is deprecated and will probably be removed soon.
Please try the new DiskOnChip driver under "NAND Flash Device
Drivers".

MTD_DOC2001

M-Systems Disk-On-Chip Millennium-only alternative driver (DEPRECATED)

This provides an alternative MTD device driver for the M-Systems
DiskOnChip Millennium devices.  Use this if you have problems with
the combined DiskOnChip 2000 and Millennium driver above.  To get
the DiskOnChip probe code to load and use this driver instead of
the other one, you will need to undefine DOC_SINGLE_DRIVER near
the beginning of <file:drivers/mtd/devices/docprobe.c>.

If you use this device, you probably also want to enable the NFTL
'NAND Flash Translation Layer' option below, which is used to
emulate a block device by using a kind of file system on the flash
chips.

NOTE: This driver is deprecated and will probably be removed soon.
Please try the new DiskOnChip driver under "NAND Flash Device
Drivers".

MTD_DOC2001PLUS

M-Systems Disk-On-Chip Millennium Plus

This provides an MTD device driver for the M-Systems DiskOnChip
Millennium Plus devices.

If you use this device, you probably also want to enable the INFTL
'Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer' option below, which is used
to emulate a block device by using a kind of file system on the
flash chips.

NOTE: This driver will soon be replaced by the new DiskOnChip driver
under "NAND Flash Device Drivers" (currently that driver does not
support all Millennium Plus devices).

MTD_DOCPROBE_ADVANCED

Advanced detection options for DiskOnChip

This option allows you to specify nonstandard address at which to
probe for a DiskOnChip, or to change the detection options.  You
are unlikely to need any of this unless you are using LinuxBIOS.
Say 'N'.

MTD_DOCPROBE_ADDRESS

Physical address of DiskOnChip

By default, the probe for DiskOnChip devices will look for a
DiskOnChip at every multiple of 0x2000 between 0xC8000 and 0xEE000.
This option allows you to specify a single address at which to probe
for the device, which is useful if you have other devices in that
range which get upset when they are probed.

(Note that on PowerPC, the normal probe will only check at
0xE4000000.)

Normally, you should leave this set to zero, to allow the probe at
the normal addresses.

MTD_DOCPROBE_HIGH

Probe high addresses

By default, the probe for DiskOnChip devices will look for a
DiskOnChip at every multiple of 0x2000 between 0xC8000 and 0xEE000.
This option changes to make it probe between 0xFFFC8000 and
0xFFFEE000.  Unless you are using LinuxBIOS, this is unlikely to be
useful to you.  Say 'N'.

MTD_DOCPROBE_55AA

Probe for 0x55 0xAA BIOS Extension Signature

Check for the 0x55 0xAA signature of a DiskOnChip, and do not
continue with probing if it is absent.  The signature will always be
present for a DiskOnChip 2000 or a normal DiskOnChip Millennium.
Only if you have overwritten the first block of a DiskOnChip
Millennium will it be absent.  Enable this option if you are using
LinuxBIOS or if you need to recover a DiskOnChip Millennium on which
you have managed to wipe the first block.