-# $Id: Kconfig,v 1.10 2005/07/11 10:39:27 gleixner Exp $
+# $Id: Kconfig,v 1.11 2005/11/07 11:14:19 gleixner Exp $
menu "Memory Technology Devices (MTD)"
will provide the generic support for MTD drivers to register
themselves with the kernel and for potential users of MTD devices
to enumerate the devices which are present and obtain a handle on
- them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
+ them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for
particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N.
config MTD_DEBUG
If you need code which can detect and parse this table, and register
MTD 'partitions' corresponding to each image in the table, enable
- this option.
+ this option.
You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
- for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
- SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
+ for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
+ SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
example.
config MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK
option.
The option specifies which Flash sectors holds the RedBoot
- partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolete
+ partition table. A zero or positive value gives an absolute
erase block number. A negative value specifies a number of
sectors before the end of the device.
-
+
For example "2" means block number 2, "-1" means the last
block and "-2" means the penultimate block.
-
+
config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
- bool " Include unallocated flash regions"
+ bool "Include unallocated flash regions"
depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
help
If you need to register each unallocated flash region as a MTD
'partition', enable this option.
config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_READONLY
- bool " Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
+ bool "Force read-only for RedBoot system images"
depends on MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
help
If you need to force read-only for 'RedBoot', 'RedBoot Config' and
bool "Command line partition table parsing"
depends on MTD_PARTITIONS = "y"
---help---
- Allow generic configuration of the MTD paritition tables via the kernel
+ Allow generic configuration of the MTD partition tables via the kernel
command line. Multiple flash resources are supported for hardware where
- different kinds of flash memory are available.
+ different kinds of flash memory are available.
You will still need the parsing functions to be called by the driver
- for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
- SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
+ for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
+ SA1100 map driver (CONFIG_MTD_SA1100) has an option for this, for
example.
The format for the command line is as follows:
<mtddef> := <mtd-id>:<partdef>[,<partdef>]
<partdef> := <size>[@offset][<name>][ro]
<mtd-id> := unique id used in mapping driver/device
- <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
+ <size> := standard linux memsize OR "-" to denote all
remaining space
<name> := (NAME)
- Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
- allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
+ Due to the way Linux handles the command line, no spaces are
+ allowed in the partition definition, including mtd id's and partition
names.
Examples:
tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
depends on MTD
---help---
- This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
+ This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate
a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put
tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
depends on MTD
---help---
- This provides support for the flash translation layer known
- as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
+ This provides support for the flash translation layer known
+ as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS
of General Software. There is a blurb at:
http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm