[PATCH] powerpc: Create "rom" (MTD) device prpmc2800
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Jun 12 06:53:36 EDT 2007
>> So I think the best thing to have would be
>>
>> compatible "cfi-flash"
>> bank-width like you said
>> device-width width of a single flash device
>> reg complete address range of this thing
>>
>> and then the Linux OF CFI flash code / MTD code just keeps
>> on probing devices from that address range until it has it
>> filled.
>>
>> Sounds good / comments / anything I missed?
>
> Looks pretty sensible to me.
Great!
> Presumably the compatible property could
> also have more specific entries for the particular chip type.
Yes, of course.
> Of course, Ebony has flash which is JEDEC rather than CFI probed, so I
> have an interest in a binding for that, too.
For JEDEC flash, you probably want extra properties
for manufacturing ID and chip ID. Also, you need
to describe the block sizes in some way (on CFI, this
can be probed; on JEDEC, not). Anything else?
Segher
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