2 tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support"
5 Memory Technology Devices are flash, RAM and similar chips, often
6 used for solid state file systems on embedded devices. This option
7 will provide the generic support for MTD drivers to register
8 themselves with the kernel and for potential users of MTD devices
9 to enumerate the devices which are present and obtain a handle on
10 them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
11 particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N.
16 tristate "MTD tests support (DANGEROUS)"
19 This option includes various MTD tests into compilation. The tests
20 should normally be compiled as kernel modules. The modules perform
21 various checks and verifications when loaded.
23 WARNING: some of the tests will ERASE entire MTD device which they
24 test. Do not use these tests unless you really know what you do.
26 config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
27 tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
29 RedBoot is a ROM monitor and bootloader which deals with multiple
30 'images' in flash devices by putting a table one of the erase
31 blocks on the device, similar to a partition table, which gives
32 the offsets, lengths and names of all the images stored in the
35 If you need code which can detect and parse this table, and register
36 MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image in the table, enable
39 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
40 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
41 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
46 config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
47 int "Location of RedBoot partition table"
50 This option is the Linux counterpart to the
51 CYGNUM_REDBOOT_FIS_DIRECTORY_BLOCK RedBoot compile time
54 The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
55 partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolute
56 erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
57 sectors before the end of the device.
59 For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
60 block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
62 config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
63 bool "Include unallocated flash regions"
65 If you need to register each unallocated flash region as a MTD
66 'partition', enable this option.
68 config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_READONLY
69 bool "Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
71 If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
72 'FIS directory' images, enable this option.
74 endif # MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
76 config MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS
77 tristate "Command line partition table parsing"
80 Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
81 command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
82 different kinds of flash memory are available.
84 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
85 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
86 SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
89 The format for the command line is as follows:
91 mtdparts=<mtddef>[;<mtddef]
92 <mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
93 <partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
94 <mtd-id> := unique id used in mapping driver/device
95 <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
99 Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
100 allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
105 1 flash resource (mtd-id "sa1100"), with 1 single writable partition:
108 Same flash, but 2 named partitions, the first one being read-only:
109 mtdparts=sa1100:256k(ARMboot)ro,-(root)
114 tristate "ARM Firmware Suite partition parsing"
115 depends on (ARM || ARM64)
117 The ARM Firmware Suite allows the user to divide flash devices into
118 multiple 'images'. Each such image has a header containing its name
121 If you need code which can detect and parse these tables, and
122 register MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image detected,
125 You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
126 for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
127 'physmap' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP) does this, for example.
130 tristate "OpenFirmware partitioning information support"
134 This provides a partition parsing function which derives
135 the partition map from the children of the flash node,
136 as described in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt.
139 tristate "TI AR7 partitioning support"
141 TI AR7 partitioning support
143 config MTD_BCM63XX_PARTS
144 tristate "BCM63XX CFE partitioning support"
145 depends on BCM63XX || BMIPS_GENERIC || COMPILE_TEST
148 This provides partions parsing for BCM63xx devices with CFE
151 config MTD_BCM47XX_PARTS
152 tristate "BCM47XX partitioning support"
153 depends on BCM47XX || ARCH_BCM_5301X
155 This provides partitions parser for devices based on BCM47xx
158 menu "Partition parsers"
159 source "drivers/mtd/parsers/Kconfig"
162 comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
165 # MTD block device support is select'ed if needed
171 tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
175 Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
176 as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
177 on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD
178 devices performing that function.
180 At the moment, it is also required for the Journalling Flash File
181 System(s) to obtain a handle on the MTD device when it's mounted
182 (although JFFS and JFFS2 don't actually use any of the functionality
183 of the mtdblock device).
185 Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles
186 on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say,
187 this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are
188 almost never written to.
190 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
191 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
194 tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
195 depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK
198 This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
199 from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
202 You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
203 those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
206 tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
210 This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
211 is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
212 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
213 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
215 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
216 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
217 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA
218 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
219 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
223 tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
227 This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
228 used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
229 file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with
230 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system.
232 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
233 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
234 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
235 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
236 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
240 bool "Write support for NFTL"
243 Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used
247 tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
251 This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
252 Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
253 uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
254 a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
255 a 'normal' file system.
257 You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented
258 unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't
259 legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip
260 hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously
261 permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just
265 tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
269 This provides support for the flash translation layer known
270 as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
271 of General Software. There is a blurb at:
273 http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm
276 tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer"
280 This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND
281 flash. You can mount it with FAT file system.
285 tristate "SmartMedia/xD new translation layer"
290 This enables EXPERIMENTAL R/W support for SmartMedia/xD
291 FTL (Flash translation layer).
292 Write support is only lightly tested, therefore this driver
293 isn't recommended to use with valuable data (anyway if you have
294 valuable data, do backups regardless of software/hardware you
295 use, because you never know what will eat your data...)
296 If you only need R/O access, you can use older R/O driver
300 tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer"
302 This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular
303 buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back at some
307 tristate "Swap on MTD device support"
308 depends on MTD && SWAP
311 Provides volatile block device driver on top of mtd partition
312 suitable for swapping. The mapping of written blocks is not saved.
313 The driver provides wear leveling by storing erase counter into the
316 config MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER
317 bool "Retain master device when partitioned"
321 For historical reasons, by default, either a master is present or
322 several partitions are present, but not both. The concern was that
323 data listed in multiple partitions was dangerous; however, SCSI does
324 this and it is frequently useful for applications. This config option
325 leaves the master in even if the device is partitioned. It also makes
326 the parent of the partition device be the master device, rather than
327 what lies behind the master.
329 source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
331 source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"
333 source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig"
335 source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig"
337 source "drivers/mtd/onenand/Kconfig"
339 source "drivers/mtd/lpddr/Kconfig"
341 source "drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig"
343 source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig"