mtd: Move fdt partition documentation to a seperate file
Partitions are described in the same way for all mtd devices when using devicetree, move the documentation to a separate file and add references to it. Signed-off-by: Jamie Lentin <jm@lentin.co.uk> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net> Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
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@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ Required properties:
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- compatible : must be "arm,versatile-flash";
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- bank-width : width in bytes of flash interface.
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Optional properties:
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- Subnode partition map from mtd flash binding
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The device tree may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the
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address space. See partition.txt for more detail.
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Required properties:
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- compatible : "atmel,<model>", "atmel,<series>", "atmel,dataflash".
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The device tree may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the
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address space. See partition.txt for more detail.
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Example:
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flash@1 {
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read registers (tR). Required if property "gpios" is not used
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(R/B# pins not connected).
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Each flash chip described may optionally contain additional sub-nodes
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describing partitions of the address space. See partition.txt for more
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detail.
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Examples:
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upm@1,0 {
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GPIO state and before and after command byte writes, this register will be
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read to ensure that the GPIO accesses have completed.
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The device tree may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the
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address space. See partition.txt for more detail.
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Examples:
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gpio-nand@1,0 {
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- vendor-id : Contains the flash chip's vendor id (1 byte).
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- device-id : Contains the flash chip's device id (1 byte).
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In addition to the information on the mtd bank itself, the
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device tree may optionally contain additional information
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describing partitions of the address space. This can be
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used on platforms which have strong conventions about which
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portions of a flash are used for what purposes, but which don't
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use an on-flash partition table such as RedBoot.
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Each partition is represented as a sub-node of the mtd device.
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Each node's name represents the name of the corresponding
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partition of the mtd device.
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Flash partitions
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- reg : The partition's offset and size within the mtd bank.
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- label : (optional) The label / name for this partition.
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If omitted, the label is taken from the node name (excluding
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the unit address).
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- read-only : (optional) This parameter, if present, is a hint to
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Linux that this partition should only be mounted
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read-only. This is usually used for flash partitions
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containing early-boot firmware images or data which should not
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be clobbered.
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The device tree may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the
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address space. See partition.txt for more detail.
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Example:
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Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
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38
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
Normal file
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Representing flash partitions in devicetree
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Partitions can be represented by sub-nodes of an mtd device. This can be used
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on platforms which have strong conventions about which portions of a flash are
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used for what purposes, but which don't use an on-flash partition table such
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as RedBoot.
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#address-cells & #size-cells must both be present in the mtd device and be
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equal to 1.
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Required properties:
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- reg : The partition's offset and size within the mtd bank.
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Optional properties:
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- label : The label / name for this partition. If omitted, the label is taken
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from the node name (excluding the unit address).
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- read-only : This parameter, if present, is a hint to Linux that this
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partition should only be mounted read-only. This is usually used for flash
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partitions containing early-boot firmware images or data which should not be
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clobbered.
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Examples:
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flash@0 {
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#address-cells = <1>;
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#size-cells = <1>;
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partition@0 {
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label = "u-boot";
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reg = <0x0000000 0x100000>;
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read-only;
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};
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uimage@100000 {
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reg = <0x0100000 0x200000>;
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};
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];
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