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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/microchip,mchp23k256.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/microchip,mchp23k256.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7328eb92a03c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/microchip,mchp23k256.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +* MTD SPI driver for Microchip 23K256 (and similar) serial SRAM + +Required properties: +- #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the device has sub-nodes + representing partitions. +- compatible : Must be one of "microchip,mchp23k256" or "microchip,mchp23lcv1024" +- reg : Chip-Select number +- spi-max-frequency : Maximum frequency of the SPI bus the chip can operate at + +Example: + + spi-sram@0 { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <1>; + compatible = "microchip,mchp23k256"; + reg = <0>; + spi-max-frequency = <20000000>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt index 81a224da63be..36f3b769a626 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt @@ -1,29 +1,49 @@ -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 allow describing which +method is used for a given flash device. To describe the method there should be +a subnode of the flash device that is named 'partitions'. It must have a +'compatible' property, which is used to identify the method to use. + +We currently only document a binding for fixed layouts. + + +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 diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/staging/ion/hi6220-ion.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/staging/ion/hi6220-ion.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c59e27c632c1..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/staging/ion/hi6220-ion.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -Hi6220 SoC ION -=================================================================== -Required properties: -- compatible : "hisilicon,hi6220-ion" -- list of the ION heaps - - heap name : maybe heap_sys_user@0 - - heap id : id should be unique in the system. - - heap base : base ddr address of the heap,0 means that - it is dynamic. - - heap size : memory size and 0 means it is dynamic. - - heap type : the heap type of the heap, please also - see the define in ion.h(drivers/staging/android/uapi/ion.h) -------------------------------------------------------------------- -Example: - hi6220-ion { - compatible = "hisilicon,hi6220-ion"; - heap_sys_user@0 { - heap-name = "sys_user"; - heap-id = <0x0>; - heap-base = <0x0>; - heap-size = <0x0>; - heap-type = "ion_system"; - }; - heap_sys_contig@0 { - heap-name = "sys_contig"; - heap-id = <0x1>; - heap-base = <0x0>; - heap-size = <0x0>; - heap-type = "ion_system_contig"; - }; - }; |
