From: "Rafał Miłecki" <zajec5@gmail.com>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>,
Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>,
Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>,
Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@atmel.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, "Rafał Miłecki" <rafal@milecki.pl>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: mtd: make partitions doc a bit more generic
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:54:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170420135431.12585-2-zajec5@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170420135431.12585-1-zajec5@gmail.com>
From: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Currently the only documented partitioning is "fixed-partitions" but
there are more methods in use that we may want to support in the future.
Mention them and make it clear Fixed Partitions are just a single case.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
---
.../devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
index 81a224da63be..27593adc45c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
@@ -1,29 +1,45 @@
-Representing flash partitions in devicetree
+Flash partitions in device tree
+===============================
-Partitions can be represented by sub-nodes of an mtd device. This can be used
+Flash devices can be partitioned into one or more functional ranges (e.g. "boot
+code", "nvram", "kernel").
+
+Different devices may be partitioned in a different ways. Some may use a fixed
+flash layout set at production time. Some may use on-flash table that describes
+the geometry and naming/purpose of each functional region. It is also possible
+to see these methods mixed.
+
+To assist system software in locating partitions, we provide a binding to
+describe which method is used for a given flash.
+
+
+Fixed Partitions
+================
+
+Partitions can be represented by sub-nodes of a flash device. 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.
-The partition table should be a subnode of the mtd node and should be named
+The partition table should be a subnode of the flash node and should be named
'partitions'. This node should have the following property:
- compatible : (required) must be "fixed-partitions"
Partitions are then defined in subnodes of the partitions node.
-For backwards compatibility partitions as direct subnodes of the mtd device are
+For backwards compatibility partitions as direct subnodes of the flash device are
supported. This use is discouraged.
NOTE: also for backwards compatibility, direct subnodes that have a compatible
string are not considered partitions, as they may be used for other bindings.
#address-cells & #size-cells must both be present in the partitions subnode of the
-mtd device. There are two valid values for both:
+flash device. There are two valid values for both:
<1>: for partitions that require a single 32-bit cell to represent their
size/address (aka the value is below 4 GiB)
<2>: for partitions that require two 32-bit cells to represent their
size/address (aka the value is 4 GiB or greater).
Required properties:
-- reg : The partition's offset and size within the mtd bank.
+- reg : The partition's offset and size within the flash
Optional properties:
- label : The label / name for this partition. If omitted, the label is taken
--
2.11.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-20 13:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-20 13:54 [PATCH 0/4] mtd: extend support for "fixed-partitions" Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:54 ` Rafał Miłecki [this message]
2017-04-20 13:54 ` [PATCH 2/4] mtd: partitions: factor out code calling parser Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:54 ` [PATCH 3/4] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table parser matching Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:54 ` [PATCH 4/4] mtd: ofpart: add of_match_table with "fixed-partitions" Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:57 ` [PATCH RESEND 0/4] mtd: extend support for "fixed-partitions" Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:57 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:57 ` [PATCH RESEND 1/4] dt-bindings: mtd: make partitions doc a bit more generic Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:57 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 23:37 ` Brian Norris
2017-04-20 23:37 ` Brian Norris
2017-04-24 12:41 ` [PATCH V2 0/4] mtd: extend support for "fixed-partitions" Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 12:41 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 12:41 ` [PATCH V2 1/4] dt-bindings: mtd: make partitions doc a bit more generic Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 12:41 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 15:28 ` Jonas Gorski
2017-04-24 15:28 ` Jonas Gorski
2017-04-24 12:41 ` [PATCH V2 2/4] mtd: partitions: factor out code calling parser Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 12:41 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 12:41 ` [PATCH V2 3/4] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table parser matching Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 12:41 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 15:31 ` Jonas Gorski
2017-04-24 15:31 ` Jonas Gorski
2017-04-24 20:53 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 20:53 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 12:41 ` [PATCH V2 4/4] mtd: ofpart: add of_match_table with "fixed-partitions" Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-24 12:41 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:57 ` [PATCH RESEND 2/4] mtd: partitions: factor out code calling parser Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:57 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 23:45 ` Brian Norris
2017-04-20 23:45 ` Brian Norris
2017-04-20 13:57 ` [PATCH RESEND 3/4] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table parser matching Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:57 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 23:59 ` Brian Norris
2017-04-20 23:59 ` Brian Norris
2017-04-20 13:57 ` [PATCH RESEND 4/4] mtd: ofpart: add of_match_table with "fixed-partitions" Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-20 13:57 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-04-21 0:11 ` Brian Norris
2017-04-21 0:11 ` Brian Norris
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