10 Jan, 2012

1 commit

  • Recent BCM63XX devices support a variety of flash types (parallel, SPI,
    NAND) and share the partition layout. To prevent code duplication make
    the CFE partition parsing code a stand alone mtd parser to allow SPI or
    NAND flash drivers to use it.

    Signed-off-by: Jonas Gorski
    Acked-by: Florian Fainelli
    Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Jonas Gorski
     

08 Nov, 2011

1 commit

  • * git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (226 commits)
    mtd: tests: annotate as DANGEROUS in Kconfig
    mtd: tests: don't use mtd0 as a default
    mtd: clean up usage of MTD_DOCPROBE_ADDRESS
    jffs2: add compr=lzo and compr=zlib options
    jffs2: implement mount option parsing and compression overriding
    mtd: nand: initialize ops.mode
    mtd: provide an alias for the redboot module name
    mtd: m25p80: don't probe device which has status of 'disabled'
    mtd: nand_h1900 never worked
    mtd: Add DiskOnChip G3 support
    mtd: m25p80: add EON flash EN25Q32B into spi flash id table
    mtd: mark block device queue as non-rotational
    mtd: r852: make r852_pm_ops static
    mtd: m25p80: add support for at25df321a spi data flash
    mtd: mxc_nand: preset_v1_v2: unlock all NAND flash blocks
    mtd: nand: switch `check_pattern()' to standard `memcmp()'
    mtd: nand: invalidate cache on unaligned reads
    mtd: nand: do not scan bad blocks with NAND_BBT_NO_OOB set
    mtd: nand: wait to set BBT version
    mtd: nand: scrub BBT on ECC errors
    ...

    Fix up trivial conflicts:
    - arch/arm/mach-at91/board-usb-a9260.c
    Merged into board-usb-a926x.c
    - drivers/mtd/maps/lantiq-flash.c
    add_mtd_partitions -> mtd_device_register vs changed to use
    mtd_device_parse_register.

    Linus Torvalds
     

31 Oct, 2011

1 commit


28 Sep, 2011

1 commit

  • There are numerous broken references to Documentation files (in other
    Documentation files, in comments, etc.). These broken references are
    caused by typo's in the references, and by renames or removals of the
    Documentation files. Some broken references are simply odd.

    Fix these broken references, sometimes by dropping the irrelevant text
    they were part of.

    Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle
    Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

    Paul Bolle
     

11 Sep, 2011

2 commits


28 May, 2011

1 commit

  • * git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (97 commits)
    mtd: kill CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
    mtd: remove add_mtd_partitions, add_mtd_device and friends
    mtd: convert remaining users to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: samsung onenand: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: omap2 onenand: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: txx9ndfmc: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: tmio_nand: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: socrates_nand: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: sharpsl: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: s3c2410 nand: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: ppchameleonevb: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: orion_nand: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: omap2: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: nomadik_nand: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: ndfc: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: mxc_nand: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: mpc5121_nfc: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: jz4740_nand: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: h1910: convert to mtd_device_register()
    mtd: fsmc_nand: convert to mtd_device_register()
    ...

    Fixed up trivial conflicts in
    - drivers/mtd/maps/integrator-flash.c: removed in ARM tree
    - drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c: addition of afs partition probe type
    clashing with removal of CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS

    Linus Torvalds
     

25 May, 2011

2 commits

  • Now that none of the drivers use CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS we can remove
    it from Kconfig and the last remaining uses.

    Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles
    Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Jamie Iles
     
  • There are very few situations where MTD partitioning is not required,
    and the benefit in code size reduction by making this configurable does
    not warrant the level of ifdeffery needed.

    Artem: this patch is not final - we just make sure that mtd partitions
    are always compiled in, and at the end of the series we'll kill
    MTD_PARTITIONS altogether.

    Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles
    Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Jamie Iles
     

21 May, 2011

1 commit


25 Mar, 2011

1 commit

  • As Artem Bityutskiy suggested: this option is controversial, as we
    do not really have any prove it is useful. And it is too much to have
    it as a config parameter. So, better kill it and let the real mtdswap
    users decide whether it is needed or not.

    Signed-off-by: Yang Ruirui
    Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

    Yang Ruirui
     

11 Mar, 2011

3 commits

  • Add a driver for allowing an mtd device to be used as a block device for
    swapping. The block device is volatile, and the mapping of swapped pages
    is not stored on flash.

    Signed-off-by: Jarkko Lavinen
    Tested-by: Artem Bityutskiy
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Jarkko Lavinen
     
  • As there are no more dependencies on MTD_CONCAT or CONFIG_MTD_CONCAT,
    drop this entry from Kconfig entirely.

    Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
    Acked-by: Stefan Roese
    Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
     
  • Move mtdconcat to be an integral part of the mtd core. It's a tiny bit
    of code, which bears 'say Y if you don't know what to do' note in the
    Kconfig. OTOH there are several ugly ifdefs depending on the MTD_CONCAT.
    So, making MTD_CONCAT support mandatory will allow us to clean up code a
    lot.

    Kconfig entry is changed to be a bool defaulting to Y, so all code
    pieces depending on it, will have MTD_CONCAT Kconfig symbol and
    CONFIG_MTD_CONCAT define. This will be removed in one of next patches.

    Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
    Acked-by: Stefan Roese
    Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov
     

04 Dec, 2010

1 commit

  • MTD_OF_PARTS should be possible on all architectures, not just
    powerpc and microblaze, and it probably should not be a user
    selectable option. Neither does it need to be in a separate module.

    Also, rework MTD Kconfig to group options dependant on MTD_PARTITIONS
    into a if/endif block. Do the same for MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS.

    Signed-off-by: Grant Likely
    Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Grant Likely
     

06 Aug, 2010

1 commit


02 Aug, 2010

1 commit


26 Mar, 2010

2 commits


09 Mar, 2010

1 commit

  • Randy Dunlap observed a build problem with the following config:

    CONFIG_SM_FTL=y
    CONFIG_SM_FTL_MUSEUM=y

    CONFIG_MTD_NAND=m

    The ECC calculation routines are then built as a module, but referenced
    by the sm_ftl code in the kernel, resulting in a build failure. The
    simple fix is to make CONFIG_SM_FTL depend on MTD_NAND unconditionally
    -- it's pointless without hardware support anyway.

    Fix some typos which Randy pointed out, too.

    Reported-By: Randy Dunlap
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    David Woodhouse
     

27 Feb, 2010

1 commit

  • This implements new readwrite SmartMedia/xd FTL.

    mtd driver must have support proper ECC and badblock verification
    based on oob parts for 512 bytes nand.

    Also mtd driver must define read_oob and write_oob, which are used
    to read and write both data and oob together.

    Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Maxim Levitsky
     

25 Sep, 2009

1 commit

  • * 'for-linus' of git://git.monstr.eu/linux-2.6-microblaze: (24 commits)
    microblaze: Disable heartbeat/enable emaclite in defconfigs
    microblaze: Support simpleImage.dts make target
    microblaze: Fix _start symbol to physical address
    microblaze: Use LOAD_OFFSET macro to get correct LMA for all sections
    microblaze: Create the LOAD_OFFSET macro used to compute VMA vs LMA offsets
    microblaze: Copy ppc asm-compat.h for clean handling of constants in asm and C
    microblaze: Actually show KiB rather than pages in "Freeing initrd memory:"
    microblaze: Support ptrace syscall tracing.
    microblaze: Updated CPU version and FPGA family codes in PVR
    microblaze: Generate correct signal and siginfo for integer div-by-zero
    microblaze: Don't be noisy when userspace causes hardware exceptions
    microblaze: Remove ipc.h file which points to non-existing asm-generic file
    microblaze: Clear sticky FSR register after generating exception signals
    microblaze: Ensure CPU usermode is set on new userspace processes
    microblaze: Use correct kbuild variable KBUILD_CFLAGS
    microblaze: Save and restore msr in hw exception
    microblaze: Add architectural support for USB EHCI host controllers
    microblaze: Implement include/asm/syscall.h.
    microblaze: Improve checking mechanism for MSR instruction
    microblaze: Add checking mechanism for MSR instruction
    ...

    Linus Torvalds
     

21 Sep, 2009

1 commit


20 Sep, 2009

1 commit

  • The MTD_TEST config option was added in between the MTD_PARTITIONS config
    and its dependent options which causes the resulting menu system to
    display incorrectly as MTD_TEST does not depend on MTD_PARTITIONS. So
    move it up a few lines where it won't cause a problem.

    Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Mike Frysinger
     

13 Jun, 2009

1 commit


06 Jan, 2009

1 commit


05 Jan, 2009

1 commit

  • We have two components to manage LPDDR flash memories in Linux.
    1. It is a driver for chip probing and reading its capabilities
    2. It is a device operations driver.

    Signed-off-by: Alexey Korolev
    Acked-by: Jared Hulbert
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Alexey Korolev
     

10 Dec, 2008

1 commit


02 Aug, 2008

1 commit

  • Now that we can tell when we have one of the newer DataFlash chips,
    optionally expose the 128 bytes of OTP memory they provide. Tested
    on at45db642 revision B and D chips.

    Switch mtdchar over to a generic HAVE_MTD_OTP flag instead of adding
    another #ifdef for each type of chip whose driver has OTP support.

    Signed-off-by: David Brownell
    Cc: Bryan Wu
    Cc: Michael Hennerich
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    David Brownell
     

05 Jun, 2008

1 commit

  • Once upon a time, the MTD repository was using CVS.

    This patch therefore removes all usages of the no longer updated CVS
    keywords from the MTD code.

    This also includes code that printed them to the user.

    Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Adrian Bunk
     

23 Apr, 2008

1 commit


03 Feb, 2008

1 commit


03 Dec, 2007

1 commit


29 Jun, 2007

1 commit

  • Kernel oops and panic messages are invaluable when debugging crashes.
    These messages often don't make it to flash based logging methods (say a
    syslog on jffs2) due to the overheads involved in writing to flash.

    This patch allows you to turn an MTD partition into a circular log
    buffer where kernel oops and panic messages are written to. The messages
    are obtained by registering a console driver and checking
    oops_in_progress. Erases are performed in advance to maximise the
    chances of a saving messages.

    To activate it, add console=ttyMTDx to the kernel commandline (where x
    is the mtd device number to use).

    Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Richard Purdie
     

10 May, 2007

1 commit


28 Apr, 2007

1 commit


27 Apr, 2007

1 commit

  • UBI (Latin: "where?") manages multiple logical volumes on a single
    flash device, specifically supporting NAND flash devices. UBI provides
    a flexible partitioning concept which still allows for wear-levelling
    across the whole flash device.

    In a sense, UBI may be compared to the Logical Volume Manager
    (LVM). Whereas LVM maps logical sector numbers to physical HDD sector
    numbers, UBI maps logical eraseblocks to physical eraseblocks.

    More information may be found at
    http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/ubi.html

    Partitioning/Re-partitioning

    An UBI volume occupies a certain number of erase blocks. This is
    limited by a configured maximum volume size, which could also be
    viewed as the partition size. Each individual UBI volume's size can
    be changed independently of the other UBI volumes, provided that the
    sum of all volume sizes doesn't exceed a certain limit.

    UBI supports dynamic volumes and static volumes. Static volumes are
    read-only and their contents are protected by CRC check sums.

    Bad eraseblocks handling

    UBI transparently handles bad eraseblocks. When a physical
    eraseblock becomes bad, it is substituted by a good physical
    eraseblock, and the user does not even notice this.

    Scrubbing

    On a NAND flash bit flips can occur on any write operation,
    sometimes also on read. If bit flips persist on the device, at first
    they can still be corrected by ECC, but once they accumulate,
    correction will become impossible. Thus it is best to actively scrub
    the affected eraseblock, by first copying it to a free eraseblock
    and then erasing the original. The UBI layer performs this type of
    scrubbing under the covers, transparently to the UBI volume users.

    Erase Counts

    UBI maintains an erase count header per eraseblock. This frees
    higher-level layers (like file systems) from doing this and allows
    for centralized erase count management instead. The erase counts are
    used by the wear-levelling algorithm in the UBI layer. The algorithm
    itself is exchangeable.

    Booting from NAND

    For booting directly from NAND flash the hardware must at least be
    capable of fetching and executing a small portion of the NAND
    flash. Some NAND flash controllers have this kind of support. They
    usually limit the window to a few kilobytes in erase block 0. This
    "initial program loader" (IPL) must then contain sufficient logic to
    load and execute the next boot phase.

    Due to bad eraseblocks, which may be randomly scattered over the
    flash device, it is problematic to store the "secondary program
    loader" (SPL) statically. Also, due to bit-flips it may become
    corrupted over time. UBI allows to solve this problem gracefully by
    storing the SPL in a small static UBI volume.

    UBI volumes vs. static partitions

    UBI volumes are still very similar to static MTD partitions:

    * both consist of eraseblocks (logical eraseblocks in case of UBI
    volumes, and physical eraseblocks in case of static partitions;
    * both support three basic operations - read, write, erase.

    But UBI volumes have the following advantages over traditional
    static MTD partitions:

    * there are no eraseblock wear-leveling constraints in case of UBI
    volumes, so the user should not care about this;
    * there are no bit-flips and bad eraseblocks in case of UBI volumes.

    So, UBI volumes may be considered as flash devices with relaxed
    restrictions.

    Where can it be found?

    Documentation, kernel code and applications can be found in the MTD
    gits.

    What are the applications for?

    The applications help to create binary flash images for two purposes: pfi
    files (partial flash images) for in-system update of UBI volumes, and plain
    binary images, with or without OOB data in case of NAND, for a manufacturing
    step. Furthermore some tools are/and will be created that allow flash content
    analysis after a system has crashed..

    Who did UBI?

    The original ideas, where UBI is based on, were developed by Andreas
    Arnez, Frank Haverkamp and Thomas Gleixner. Josh W. Boyer and some others
    were involved too. The implementation of the kernel layer was done by Artem
    B. Bityutskiy. The user-space applications and tools were written by Oliver
    Lohmann with contributions from Frank Haverkamp, Andreas Arnez, and Artem.
    Joern Engel contributed a patch which modifies JFFS2 so that it can be run on
    a UBI volume. Thomas Gleixner did modifications to the NAND layer. Alexander
    Schmidt made some testing work as well as core functionality improvements.

    Signed-off-by: Artem B. Bityutskiy
    Signed-off-by: Frank Haverkamp

    Artem B. Bityutskiy
     

20 Apr, 2007

1 commit

  • Use menuconfigs instead of menus, so the whole menu can be disabled at once
    instead of going through all options.

    Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Jan Engelhardt
     

29 Nov, 2006

1 commit


09 Oct, 2006

1 commit

  • This patch fixes the following compile error with
    CONFIG_SSFDC=m, CONFIG_BLOCK=n:

    ...
    CC [M] drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o
    /home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c:40: warning: ‘struct request’ declared inside parameter list
    /home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c:40: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
    /home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c: In function ‘do_blktrans_request’:
    /home/bunk/linux/kernel-2.6/git/linux-2.6/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c:45: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
    ...
    make[3]: *** [drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o] Error 1

    Bug report by Jesper Juhl.

    This patch also removes a pointless "default n" from the SSFDC option.

    Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk
    Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

    Adrian Bunk