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author | Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> | 2011-01-26 10:10:40 -0700 |
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committer | Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> | 2011-01-31 00:09:01 -0700 |
commit | d524dac9279b6a41ffdf7ff7958c577f2e387db6 (patch) | |
tree | 294166d18a1c89c4cebb2571ea7b124876fb01ef /Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt | |
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dt: Move device tree documentation out of powerpc directory
The device tree is used by more than just PowerPC. Make the documentation
directory available to all.
v2: reorganized files while moving to create arch and driver specific
directories.
Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Acked-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 80152cb567d9..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,90 +0,0 @@ -CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash, MTD-RAM (NVRAM...) - -Flash chips (Memory Technology Devices) are often used for solid state -file systems on embedded devices. - - - compatible : should contain the specific model of mtd chip(s) - used, if known, followed by either "cfi-flash", "jedec-flash" - or "mtd-ram". - - reg : Address range(s) of the mtd chip(s) - It's possible to (optionally) define multiple "reg" tuples so that - non-identical chips can be described in one node. - - bank-width : Width (in bytes) of the bank. Equal to the - device width times the number of interleaved chips. - - device-width : (optional) Width of a single mtd chip. If - omitted, assumed to be equal to 'bank-width'. - - #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the device has - sub-nodes representing partitions (see below). In this case - both #address-cells and #size-cells must be equal to 1. - -For JEDEC compatible devices, the following additional properties -are defined: - - - vendor-id : Contains the flash chip's vendor id (1 byte). - - device-id : Contains the flash chip's device id (1 byte). - -In addition to the information on the mtd bank itself, the -device tree may optionally contain additional information -describing partitions of the address space. This can be -used on platforms which have strong conventions about which -portions of a flash are used for what purposes, but which don't -use an on-flash partition table such as RedBoot. - -Each partition is represented as a sub-node of the mtd device. -Each node's name represents the name of the corresponding -partition of the mtd device. - -Flash partitions - - reg : The partition's offset and size within the mtd bank. - - label : (optional) The label / name for this partition. - If omitted, the label is taken from the node name (excluding - the unit address). - - read-only : (optional) This parameter, if present, is a hint to - Linux that this partition should only be mounted - read-only. This is usually used for flash partitions - containing early-boot firmware images or data which should not - be clobbered. - -Example: - - flash@ff000000 { - compatible = "amd,am29lv128ml", "cfi-flash"; - reg = <ff000000 01000000>; - bank-width = <4>; - device-width = <1>; - #address-cells = <1>; - #size-cells = <1>; - fs@0 { - label = "fs"; - reg = <0 f80000>; - }; - firmware@f80000 { - label ="firmware"; - reg = <f80000 80000>; - read-only; - }; - }; - -Here an example with multiple "reg" tuples: - - flash@f0000000,0 { - #address-cells = <1>; - #size-cells = <1>; - compatible = "intel,PC48F4400P0VB", "cfi-flash"; - reg = <0 0x00000000 0x02000000 - 0 0x02000000 0x02000000>; - bank-width = <2>; - partition@0 { - label = "test-part1"; - reg = <0 0x04000000>; - }; - }; - -An example using SRAM: - - sram@2,0 { - compatible = "samsung,k6f1616u6a", "mtd-ram"; - reg = <2 0 0x00200000>; - bank-width = <2>; - }; - |