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From: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [RFC PATCH v1] README: Describe CONFIG_SYS_NO_FLASH
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:06:02 +1200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1433930781-5358-1-git-send-email-judge.packham@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5577E4C6.90400@gmail.com>

Unlike most configuration options defining this actually disables
support for a feature (parallel flash). Eventually the logic behind this
should probably be flipped so that '#ifndef CONFIG_SYS_NO_FLASH' becomes
'#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_PARALLEL_FLASH' but for now lets document the
existing behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
---
So this is my attempt to describe (my understanding of) how this option
should be used. Any suggestions for improvement are most welcome.

 README | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 3b406c2..c3fa549 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3037,6 +3037,19 @@ CBFS (Coreboot Filesystem) support
 		this is instead controlled by the value of
 		/config/load-environment.
 
+- Parallel Flash support:
+		CONFIG_SYS_NO_FLASH
+
+		Traditionally U-boot was run on systems with parallel NOR
+		flash. This option is used to disable support for parallel NOR
+		flash. This option should be defined if the board does not have
+		parallel flash.
+
+		If this option is not defined one of the generic flash drivers
+		(e.g.  CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER or CONFIG_ST_SMI) must be
+		selected or the board must provide an implementation of the
+		flash API (see include/flash.h).
+
 - DataFlash Support:
 		CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
 
-- 
2.3.5

  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-10 10:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-10  0:02 [U-Boot] What is the expected meaning of CONFIG_SYS_NO_FLASH Chris Packham
2015-06-10  7:18 ` Stefan Roese
2015-06-10 10:06   ` Chris Packham [this message]
2015-06-10 13:59     ` [U-Boot] [RFC PATCH v1] README: Describe CONFIG_SYS_NO_FLASH Stefan Roese

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