[PATCH] extend physmap.c to support run-time adding partitions
Jun Sun
jsun at mvista.com
Mon Oct 27 13:17:41 EST 2003
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 06:25:58PM -0700, Jun Sun wrote:
>
> While looking at drvers/mtd/maps directories, it becomes
> obvious to me that many files are derived from physmap.c,
> in order to add partition support or add their own
> set_vpp() pointer, etc..
>
> Such a need can be easily satisfied by extending physmap.c
> a little.
>
> In this patch, I like to introduce phsmap_add_partition()
> function, which allows boards to add flash partitions
> at run-time. (Note that you can still override this
> hardcoded partition by using kernel command line)
>
> In the patch I also showed how a board can make use of this
> extension. Hopefully we can get rid of lots of files under
> the maps directory. :)
>
> Boards which need to set set_vpp pointer can do so easily
> too.
>
> Any comments?
>
Any objections or comments? David?
Jun
> diff -Nru linux/arch/mips/mips-boards/malta/malta_setup.c.orig linux/arch/mips/mips-boards/malta/malta_setup.c
> --- linux/arch/mips/mips-boards/malta/malta_setup.c.orig Fri Aug 1 10:50:18 2003
> +++ linux/arch/mips/mips-boards/malta/malta_setup.c Wed Oct 22 17:26:24 2003
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
> #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE
> #include <linux/ide.h>
> #endif
> +#include <linux/mtd/physmap.h>
>
> #include <asm/cpu.h>
> #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
> @@ -166,6 +167,12 @@
> conswitchp = &dummy_con;
> #endif
> #endif
> +
> +#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP) && defined(CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS)
> + physmap_add_partition("YAMON", 0x100000, 0x0, MTD_WRITEABLE);
> + physmap_add_partition("User FS", 0x300000, 0x100000, 0);
> +#endif
> +
> mips_reboot_setup();
>
> board_time_init = mips_time_init;
> diff -Nru linux/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c.orig linux/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
> --- linux/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c.orig Wed Jul 23 15:17:52 2003
> +++ linux/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c Wed Oct 22 17:42:50 2003
> @@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
> * $Id: physmap.c,v 1.28 2003/05/28 15:53:43 dwmw2 Exp $
> *
> * Normal mappings of chips in physical memory
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2003 MontaVista Software Inc.
> + * Author: Jun Sun, jsun at mvista.com or jsun at junsun.net
> + *
> + * 031022 - [jsun] add physmap_add_partition()
> */
>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> @@ -23,7 +28,7 @@
>
>
> struct map_info physmap_map = {
> - .name = "Physically mapped flash",
> + .name = "phys_mapped_flash",
> .size = WINDOW_SIZE,
> .buswidth = BUSWIDTH,
> .phys = WINDOW_ADDR,
> @@ -33,35 +38,31 @@
> static struct mtd_partition *mtd_parts;
> static int mtd_parts_nb;
>
> -static struct mtd_partition physmap_partitions[] = {
> -#if 0
> -/* Put your own partition definitions here */
> - {
> - .name = "bootROM",
> - .size = 0x80000,
> - .offset = 0,
> - .mask_flags = MTD_WRITEABLE, /* force read-only */
> - }, {
> - .name = "zImage",
> - .size = 0x100000,
> - .offset = MTDPART_OFS_APPEND,
> - .mask_flags = MTD_WRITEABLE, /* force read-only */
> - }, {
> - .name = "ramdisk.gz",
> - .size = 0x300000,
> - .offset = MTDPART_OFS_APPEND,
> - .mask_flags = MTD_WRITEABLE, /* force read-only */
> - }, {
> - .name = "User FS",
> - .size = MTDPART_SIZ_FULL,
> - .offset = MTDPART_OFS_APPEND,
> +#define NUM_PARTITIONS 4 /* random num which should be good enough */
> +static struct mtd_partition physmap_partitions[NUM_PARTITIONS] __initdata = {};
> +
> +char *part_probes[] __initdata = {"cmdlinepart", "RedBoot", NULL};
> +
> +/*
> + * See include/linux/mtd/physmap.h file.
> + */
> +static int part_index __initdata = 0;
> +int __init physmap_add_partition(char *name, u32 size, u32 offset, u32 flags)
> +{
> + if (part_index >= NUM_PARTITIONS) {
> + printk(KERN_ERR "physmap_add_partition() exceeds max partition table size (%d)\n", NUM_PARTITIONS);
> + return -1;
> }
> -#endif
> -};
>
> -#define NUM_PARTITIONS (sizeof(physmap_partitions)/sizeof(struct mtd_partition))
> -const char *part_probes[] = {"cmdlinepart", "RedBoot", NULL};
> + physmap_partitions[part_index].name = name;
> + physmap_partitions[part_index].size = size;
> + physmap_partitions[part_index].offset = offset;
> + physmap_partitions[part_index].mask_flags = flags;
> +
> + part_index++;
>
> + return 0;
> +}
> #endif /* CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS */
>
> int __init init_physmap(void)
> @@ -97,11 +98,11 @@
> return 0;
> }
>
> - if (NUM_PARTITIONS != 0)
> + if (part_index != 0)
> {
> printk(KERN_NOTICE
> "Using physmap partition definition\n");
> - add_mtd_partitions (mymtd, physmap_partitions, NUM_PARTITIONS);
> + add_mtd_partitions (mymtd, physmap_partitions, part_index);
> return 0;
> }
>
> diff -Nru linux/include/linux/mtd/physmap.h.orig linux/include/linux/mtd/physmap.h
> --- linux/include/linux/mtd/physmap.h.orig Wed Oct 22 17:05:22 2003
> +++ linux/include/linux/mtd/physmap.h Wed Oct 22 18:20:34 2003
> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
> +/*
> + * For boards with physically mapped flash and using
> + * drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c mapping driver.
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2003 MontaVista Software Inc.
> + * Author: Jun Sun, jsun at mvista.com or jsun at junsun.net
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> + * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
> + * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
> + * option) any later version.
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __LINUX_MTD_PHYSMAP__
> +
> +#include <linux/config.h>
> +
> +#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP)
> +
> +#include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
> +#include <linux/mtd/map.h>
> +
> +/*
> + * The map_info for physmap. Board can override size, buswidth, phys,
> + * (*set_vpp)(), etc in their initial setup routine.
> + */
> +extern struct map_info physmap_map;
> +
> +#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS)
> +
> +/*
> + * Machines that wish to do flash partition may want to call this function in
> + * their setup routine. Examples:
> + *
> + * physmap_add_partition("bootROM", 0x100000, 0, MTD_WRITEABLE);
> + * physmap_add_partition("User FS", 0x300000, 0x100000, 0)
> + *
> + * Note that one can always override this hard-coded partition with
> + * command line partition (you need to enable CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS).
> + */
> +int physmap_add_partition(char *name, u32 size, u32 offset, u32 mask_flags);
> +
> +#endif /* defined(CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS) */
> +#endif /* defined(CONFIG_MTD) */
> +
> +#endif /* __LINUX_MTD_PHYSMAP__ */
> +
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