From: Laurent Pinchart <laurentp@cse-semaphore.com>
To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Cc: ben@simtec.co.uk, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org,
David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: [PATCHv2] powerpc: Describe memory-mapped RAM&ROM chips OF bindings
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:39:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200803311839.10519.laurentp@cse-semaphore.com> (raw)
Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurentp@cse-semaphore.com>
=2D--
Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/p=
owerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index 7b4e8a7..3e1963b 100644
=2D-- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ Table of Contents
n) 4xx/Axon EMAC ethernet nodes
o) Xilinx IP cores
p) Freescale Synchronous Serial Interface
=2D q) USB EHCI controllers
+ q) USB EHCI controllers
+ r) Memory-mapped RAM & ROM
=20
VII - Specifying interrupt information for devices
1) interrupts property
@@ -2816,6 +2817,16 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device=
=2Dtree model.
big-endian;
};
=20
+ r) Memory-mapped RAM & ROM
+
+ Dedicated RAM and ROM chips are often used as storage for temporary or
+ permanent data in embedded devices. Possible usage include non-volatile
+ storage in battery-backed SRAM, semi-permanent storage in dedicated SR=
AM
+ to preserve data accross reboots and firmware storage in dedicated ROM.
+
+ - name : should be either "ram" or "rom"
+ - reg : Address range of the RAM/ROM chip
+
=20
More devices will be defined as this spec matures.
=20
=2D-=20
1.5.0
=2D-=20
Laurent Pinchart
CSE Semaphore Belgium
Chauss=E9e de Bruxelles, 732A
B-1410 Waterloo
Belgium
T +32 (2) 387 42 59
=46 +32 (2) 387 42 75
next reply other threads:[~2008-03-31 16:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-31 16:39 Laurent Pinchart [this message]
2008-03-31 17:06 ` [PATCHv2] powerpc: Describe memory-mapped RAM&ROM chips OF bindings Sergei Shtylyov
2008-04-01 8:47 ` Laurent Pinchart
2008-04-01 9:18 ` Trent Piepho
2008-04-01 12:39 ` Laurent Pinchart
2008-04-01 13:04 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2008-04-01 13:16 ` Grant Likely
2008-04-03 10:15 ` Laurent Pinchart
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