From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailrelay005.isp.belgacom.be (mailrelay005.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.6.171]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49A07DE135 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 02:48:50 +1000 (EST) From: Laurent Pinchart To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCHv2] powerpc: Describe memory-mapped RAM&ROM chips OF bindings MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:39:10 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200803311839.10519.laurentp@cse-semaphore.com> Cc: ben@simtec.co.uk, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, David Gibson List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart =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