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-CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash
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+CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash, MTD-RAM (NVRAM...)
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Flash chips (Memory Technology Devices) are often used for solid state
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file systems on embedded devices.
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- - compatible : should contain the specific model of flash chip(s)
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- used, if known, followed by either "cfi-flash" or "jedec-flash"
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- - reg : Address range(s) of the flash chip(s)
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+ - compatible : should contain the specific model of mtd chip(s)
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+ used, if known, followed by either "cfi-flash", "jedec-flash"
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+ or "mtd-ram".
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+ - reg : Address range(s) of the mtd chip(s)
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It's possible to (optionally) define multiple "reg" tuples so that
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- non-identical NOR chips can be described in one flash node.
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- - bank-width : Width (in bytes) of the flash bank. Equal to the
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+ non-identical chips can be described in one node.
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+ - bank-width : Width (in bytes) of the bank. Equal to the
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device width times the number of interleaved chips.
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- - device-width : (optional) Width of a single flash chip. If
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+ - device-width : (optional) Width of a single mtd chip. If
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omitted, assumed to be equal to 'bank-width'.
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- - #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the flash has
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+ - #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the device has
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sub-nodes representing partitions (see below). In this case
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both #address-cells and #size-cells must be equal to 1.
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@@ -22,24 +23,24 @@ are defined:
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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 flash bank itself, the
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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 flash address space. This can be
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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 the flash are used for what purposes, but which don't
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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 flash device.
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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 flash device.
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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 flash bank.
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- - label : (optional) The label / name for this flash partition.
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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 flash partition should only be mounted
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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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@@ -78,3 +79,12 @@ Here an example with multiple "reg" tuples:
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reg = <0 0x04000000>;
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};
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};
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+
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+An example using SRAM:
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+
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+ sram@2,0 {
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+ compatible = "samsung,k6f1616u6a", "mtd-ram";
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+ reg = <2 0 0x00200000>;
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+ bank-width = <2>;
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+ };
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