Jan Engelhardt | ec98c68 | 2007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | menuconfig MTD |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | tristate "Memory Technology Device (MTD) support" |
Alban Bedel | c4dfa25 | 2018-11-13 15:01:10 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | imply NVMEM |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | help |
| 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 |
Thomas Gleixner | 97894cd | 2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | them. It will also allow you to select individual drivers for |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | particular hardware and users of MTD devices. If unsure, say N. |
| 12 | |
Jan Engelhardt | ec98c68 | 2007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | if MTD |
| 14 | |
Mike Frysinger | 80f53da | 2009-06-13 06:15:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | config MTD_TESTS |
Wolfram Sang | 48e546b | 2011-10-30 17:28:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | tristate "MTD tests support (DANGEROUS)" |
Mike Frysinger | 80f53da | 2009-06-13 06:15:18 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | depends on m |
| 18 | help |
| 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. |
| 22 | |
Wolfram Sang | 48e546b | 2011-10-30 17:28:49 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 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. |
| 25 | |
Rafał Miłecki | 99352af | 2017-06-21 08:26:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | menu "Partition parsers" |
| 27 | source "drivers/mtd/parsers/Kconfig" |
| 28 | endmenu |
| 29 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | comment "User Modules And Translation Layers" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | |
Ezequiel Garcia | 7f11b4d | 2013-12-13 10:58:44 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | # |
| 33 | # MTD block device support is select'ed if needed |
| 34 | # |
Josh Boyer | f6a7ecb | 2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | config MTD_BLKDEVS |
Ezequiel Garcia | 7f11b4d | 2013-12-13 10:58:44 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | tristate |
Josh Boyer | f6a7ecb | 2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | config MTD_BLOCK |
| 39 | tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices" |
Jan Engelhardt | ec98c68 | 2007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | depends on BLOCK |
Josh Boyer | f6a7ecb | 2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | select MTD_BLKDEVS |
Boris Brezillon | a8222a8 | 2018-07-18 17:09:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | help |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful |
| 44 | as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based |
| 45 | on RAM chips in this manner. This block device is a user of MTD |
| 46 | devices performing that function. |
| 47 | |
Ezequiel Garcia | 6bc219b | 2021-08-01 20:45:07 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | Note that mounting a JFFS2 filesystem doesn't require using mtdblock. |
| 49 | It's possible to mount a rootfs using the MTD device on the "root=" |
| 50 | bootargs as "root=mtd2" or "root=mtd:name_of_device". |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | |
| 52 | Later, it may be extended to perform read/erase/modify/write cycles |
| 53 | on flash chips to emulate a smaller block size. Needless to say, |
| 54 | this is very unsafe, but could be useful for file systems which are |
| 55 | almost never written to. |
| 56 | |
| 57 | You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For |
| 58 | those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | config MTD_BLOCK_RO |
| 61 | tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices" |
Jan Engelhardt | ec98c68 | 2007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && BLOCK |
Josh Boyer | f6a7ecb | 2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | select MTD_BLKDEVS |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | help |
| 65 | This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs) |
| 66 | from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching |
| 67 | driver. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For |
| 70 | those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead. |
| 71 | |
Ezequiel Garcia | 42ba8c3 | 2021-08-01 20:45:08 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | comment "Note that in some cases UBI block is preferred. See MTD_UBI_BLOCK." |
| 73 | depends on MTD_BLOCK || MTD_BLOCK_RO |
| 74 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | config FTL |
| 76 | tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support" |
Jan Engelhardt | ec98c68 | 2007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | depends on BLOCK |
Josh Boyer | f6a7ecb | 2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | select MTD_BLKDEVS |
Boris Brezillon | a8222a8 | 2018-07-18 17:09:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | help |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which |
| 81 | is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo- |
| 82 | file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with |
| 83 | 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system. |
| 84 | |
| 85 | You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented |
| 86 | unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't |
| 87 | legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on PCMCIA |
| 88 | hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously |
| 89 | permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just |
| 90 | not use it. |
| 91 | |
| 92 | config NFTL |
| 93 | tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support" |
Jan Engelhardt | ec98c68 | 2007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | depends on BLOCK |
Josh Boyer | f6a7ecb | 2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | select MTD_BLKDEVS |
Boris Brezillon | a8222a8 | 2018-07-18 17:09:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | help |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is |
| 98 | used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo- |
| 99 | file system on a flash device to emulate a block device with |
| 100 | 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put a 'normal' file system. |
| 101 | |
| 102 | You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented |
| 103 | unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't |
| 104 | legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip |
| 105 | hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously |
| 106 | permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just |
| 107 | not use it. |
| 108 | |
| 109 | config NFTL_RW |
| 110 | bool "Write support for NFTL" |
| 111 | depends on NFTL |
| 112 | help |
| 113 | Support for writing to the NAND Flash Translation Layer, as used |
| 114 | on the DiskOnChip. |
| 115 | |
| 116 | config INFTL |
| 117 | tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support" |
Jan Engelhardt | ec98c68 | 2007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | depends on BLOCK |
Josh Boyer | f6a7ecb | 2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 119 | select MTD_BLKDEVS |
Boris Brezillon | a8222a8 | 2018-07-18 17:09:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | help |
Thomas Gleixner | 97894cd | 2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It |
| 123 | uses a kind of pseudo-file system on a flash device to emulate |
| 124 | a block device with 512-byte sectors, on top of which you put |
| 125 | a 'normal' file system. |
| 126 | |
| 127 | You may find that the algorithms used in this code are patented |
| 128 | unless you live in the Free World where software patents aren't |
| 129 | legal - in the USA you are only permitted to use this on DiskOnChip |
| 130 | hardware, although under the terms of the GPL you're obviously |
| 131 | permitted to copy, modify and distribute the code as you wish. Just |
| 132 | not use it. |
| 133 | |
Sean Young | e27a996 | 2005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 134 | config RFD_FTL |
Boris Brezillon | a8222a8 | 2018-07-18 17:09:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support" |
Jan Engelhardt | ec98c68 | 2007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | depends on BLOCK |
Josh Boyer | f6a7ecb | 2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 137 | select MTD_BLKDEVS |
Boris Brezillon | a8222a8 | 2018-07-18 17:09:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 138 | help |
Thomas Gleixner | 97894cd | 2005-11-07 11:15:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | This provides support for the flash translation layer known |
| 140 | as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS |
Kyungmin Park | cd5f634 | 2005-07-11 11:41:53 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | of General Software. There is a blurb at: |
| 142 | |
| 143 | http://www.gensw.com/pages/prod/bios/rfd.htm |
Sean Young | e27a996 | 2005-06-16 09:49:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | |
Claudio Lanconelli | 51197ab | 2006-09-22 11:01:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 145 | config SSFDC |
David Woodhouse | 892e4fb | 2006-09-23 10:24:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | tristate "NAND SSFDC (SmartMedia) read only translation layer" |
Jan Engelhardt | ec98c68 | 2007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 147 | depends on BLOCK |
Josh Boyer | f6a7ecb | 2006-11-20 20:15:36 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | select MTD_BLKDEVS |
Claudio Lanconelli | 51197ab | 2006-09-22 11:01:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | help |
| 150 | This enables read only access to SmartMedia formatted NAND |
| 151 | flash. You can mount it with FAT file system. |
| 152 | |
Maxim Levitsky | 7d17c02 | 2010-02-22 20:39:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 153 | config SM_FTL |
| 154 | tristate "SmartMedia/xD new translation layer" |
Kees Cook | 6372680 | 2012-10-02 11:17:47 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | depends on BLOCK |
Maxim Levitsky | 7d17c02 | 2010-02-22 20:39:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 156 | select MTD_BLKDEVS |
Miquel Raynal | e5acf9c | 2020-09-30 01:01:15 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | select MTD_NAND_CORE |
Miquel Raynal | 9bb9464 | 2019-02-08 08:48:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 158 | select MTD_NAND_ECC_SW_HAMMING |
Maxim Levitsky | 7d17c02 | 2010-02-22 20:39:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | help |
Maxim Levitsky | 6f92355 | 2010-07-28 18:53:17 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | This enables EXPERIMENTAL R/W support for SmartMedia/xD |
David Woodhouse | 7de6f79 | 2010-03-08 18:45:00 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 161 | FTL (Flash translation layer). |
Maxim Levitsky | 6f92355 | 2010-07-28 18:53:17 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | Write support is only lightly tested, therefore this driver |
| 163 | isn't recommended to use with valuable data (anyway if you have |
| 164 | valuable data, do backups regardless of software/hardware you |
| 165 | use, because you never know what will eat your data...) |
| 166 | If you only need R/O access, you can use older R/O driver |
| 167 | (CONFIG_SSFDC) |
Maxim Levitsky | 7d17c02 | 2010-02-22 20:39:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | |
Richard Purdie | 4b23aff | 2007-05-29 13:31:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | config MTD_OOPS |
| 170 | tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer" |
Richard Purdie | 4b23aff | 2007-05-29 13:31:42 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | help |
| 172 | This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular |
| 173 | buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back at some |
| 174 | later point. |
| 175 | |
WeiXiong Liao | 78c0824 | 2020-03-25 16:55:06 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 176 | config MTD_PSTORE |
| 177 | tristate "Log panic/oops to an MTD buffer based on pstore" |
| 178 | depends on PSTORE_BLK |
| 179 | help |
| 180 | This enables panic and oops messages to be logged to a circular |
| 181 | buffer in a flash partition where it can be read back as files after |
| 182 | mounting pstore filesystem. |
| 183 | |
| 184 | If unsure, say N. |
| 185 | |
Jarkko Lavinen | a321590 | 2011-02-14 16:16:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 186 | config MTD_SWAP |
| 187 | tristate "Swap on MTD device support" |
| 188 | depends on MTD && SWAP |
| 189 | select MTD_BLKDEVS |
| 190 | help |
| 191 | Provides volatile block device driver on top of mtd partition |
Boris Brezillon | a8222a8 | 2018-07-18 17:09:52 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | suitable for swapping. The mapping of written blocks is not saved. |
Jarkko Lavinen | a321590 | 2011-02-14 16:16:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 193 | The driver provides wear leveling by storing erase counter into the |
| 194 | OOB. |
| 195 | |
Dan Ehrenberg | 727dc61 | 2015-04-02 15:15:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | config MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER |
| 197 | bool "Retain master device when partitioned" |
| 198 | default n |
| 199 | depends on MTD |
| 200 | help |
| 201 | For historical reasons, by default, either a master is present or |
| 202 | several partitions are present, but not both. The concern was that |
| 203 | data listed in multiple partitions was dangerous; however, SCSI does |
| 204 | this and it is frequently useful for applications. This config option |
| 205 | leaves the master in even if the device is partitioned. It also makes |
| 206 | the parent of the partition device be the master device, rather than |
| 207 | what lies behind the master. |
| 208 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 209 | source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig" |
| 210 | |
| 211 | source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig" |
| 212 | |
| 213 | source "drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig" |
| 214 | |
| 215 | source "drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig" |
| 216 | |
Alexey Korolev | 60f2652 | 2008-12-16 18:24:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 217 | source "drivers/mtd/lpddr/Kconfig" |
| 218 | |
Huang Shijie | b199489 | 2014-02-24 18:37:37 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 219 | source "drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig" |
| 220 | |
Artem B. Bityutskiy | 801c135 | 2006-06-27 12:22:22 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 221 | source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig" |
| 222 | |
Vignesh Raghavendra | dcc7d34 | 2019-06-25 13:27:44 +0530 | [diff] [blame] | 223 | source "drivers/mtd/hyperbus/Kconfig" |
| 224 | |
Jan Engelhardt | ec98c68 | 2007-04-19 16:21:41 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | endif # MTD |