[PATCH 2/3 v3] mtd/powerpc: Factor out MTD physmap bindings into mtd-physmap.txt

Grant Likely grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Thu Apr 16 09:01:25 EDT 2009


Looks good, I'll pick this up

g.

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de> wrote:
> It's easier to find bindings descriptions in separate files. So let's factor out
> the MTD physmap bindings into Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt
> to not clutter booting-without-of.txt more.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr at denx.de>
> Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
> ---
> Changes in ver3:
> - Added short patch desciption to commit message.
>
>  Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt       |   89 +++-----------------
>  Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt |   63 ++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
> index 0ab0230..d16b7a1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
> @@ -43,12 +43,11 @@ Table of Contents
>     2) Representing devices without a current OF specification
>       a) PHY nodes
>       b) Interrupt controllers
> -      c) CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash
> -      d) 4xx/Axon EMAC ethernet nodes
> -      e) Xilinx IP cores
> -      f) USB EHCI controllers
> -      g) MDIO on GPIOs
> -      h) SPI busses
> +      c) 4xx/Axon EMAC ethernet nodes
> +      d) Xilinx IP cores
> +      e) USB EHCI controllers
> +      f) MDIO on GPIOs
> +      g) SPI busses
>
>   VII - Marvell Discovery mv64[345]6x System Controller chips
>     1) The /system-controller node
> @@ -999,7 +998,7 @@ compatibility.
>       translation of SOC addresses for memory mapped SOC registers.
>     - bus-frequency: Contains the bus frequency for the SOC node.
>       Typically, the value of this field is filled in by the boot
> -      loader.
> +      loader.
>
>
>   Recommended properties:
> @@ -1287,71 +1286,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
>                device_type = "open-pic";
>        };
>
> -   c) CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash
> -
> -    Flash chips (Memory Technology Devices) are often used for solid state
> -    file systems on embedded devices.
> -
> -     - compatible : should contain the specific model of flash chip(s)
> -       used, if known, followed by either "cfi-flash" or "jedec-flash"
> -     - reg : Address range of the flash chip
> -     - bank-width : Width (in bytes) of the flash bank.  Equal to the
> -       device width times the number of interleaved chips.
> -     - device-width : (optional) Width of a single flash chip.  If
> -       omitted, assumed to be equal to 'bank-width'.
> -     - #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the flash has
> -       sub-nodes representing partitions (see below).  In this case
> -       both #address-cells and #size-cells must be equal to 1.
> -
> -    For JEDEC compatible devices, the following additional properties
> -    are defined:
> -
> -     - vendor-id : Contains the flash chip's vendor id (1 byte).
> -     - device-id : Contains the flash chip's device id (1 byte).
> -
> -    In addition to the information on the flash bank itself, the
> -    device tree may optionally contain additional information
> -    describing partitions of the flash address space.  This can be
> -    used on platforms which have strong conventions about which
> -    portions of the flash are used for what purposes, but which don't
> -    use an on-flash partition table such as RedBoot.
> -
> -    Each partition is represented as a sub-node of the flash device.
> -    Each node's name represents the name of the corresponding
> -    partition of the flash device.
> -
> -    Flash partitions
> -     - reg : The partition's offset and size within the flash bank.
> -     - label : (optional) The label / name for this flash partition.
> -       If omitted, the label is taken from the node name (excluding
> -       the unit address).
> -     - read-only : (optional) This parameter, if present, is a hint to
> -       Linux that this flash partition should only be mounted
> -       read-only.  This is usually used for flash partitions
> -       containing early-boot firmware images or data which should not
> -       be clobbered.
> -
> -    Example:
> -
> -       flash at ff000000 {
> -               compatible = "amd,am29lv128ml", "cfi-flash";
> -               reg = <ff000000 01000000>;
> -               bank-width = <4>;
> -               device-width = <1>;
> -               #address-cells = <1>;
> -               #size-cells = <1>;
> -               fs at 0 {
> -                       label = "fs";
> -                       reg = <0 f80000>;
> -               };
> -               firmware at f80000 {
> -                       label ="firmware";
> -                       reg = <f80000 80000>;
> -                       read-only;
> -               };
> -       };
> -
> -    d) 4xx/Axon EMAC ethernet nodes
> +    c) 4xx/Axon EMAC ethernet nodes
>
>     The EMAC ethernet controller in IBM and AMCC 4xx chips, and also
>     the Axon bridge.  To operate this needs to interact with a ths
> @@ -1499,7 +1434,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
>                           available.
>                           For Axon: 0x0000012a
>
> -   e) Xilinx IP cores
> +   d) Xilinx IP cores
>
>    The Xilinx EDK toolchain ships with a set of IP cores (devices) for use
>    in Xilinx Spartan and Virtex FPGAs.  The devices cover the whole range
> @@ -1761,7 +1696,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
>       listed above, nodes for these devices should include a phy-handle
>       property, and may include other common network device properties
>       like local-mac-address.
> -
> +
>       iv) Xilinx Uartlite
>
>       Xilinx uartlite devices are simple fixed speed serial ports.
> @@ -1793,7 +1728,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
>        - reg-offset : A value of 3 is required
>        - reg-shift : A value of 2 is required
>
> -    f) USB EHCI controllers
> +    e) USB EHCI controllers
>
>     Required properties:
>       - compatible : should be "usb-ehci".
> @@ -1819,7 +1754,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
>                   big-endian;
>           };
>
> -   g) MDIO on GPIOs
> +   f) MDIO on GPIOs
>
>    Currently defined compatibles:
>    - virtual,gpio-mdio
> @@ -1839,7 +1774,7 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
>                         &qe_pio_c 6>;
>        };
>
> -    h) SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) busses
> +    g) SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) busses
>
>     SPI busses can be described with a node for the SPI master device
>     and a set of child nodes for each SPI slave on the bus.  For this
> diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..cd474f9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/dts-bindings/mtd-physmap.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
> +CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash
> +
> +Flash chips (Memory Technology Devices) are often used for solid state
> +file systems on embedded devices.
> +
> + - compatible : should contain the specific model of flash chip(s)
> +   used, if known, followed by either "cfi-flash" or "jedec-flash"
> + - reg : Address range of the flash chip
> + - bank-width : Width (in bytes) of the flash bank.  Equal to the
> +   device width times the number of interleaved chips.
> + - device-width : (optional) Width of a single flash chip.  If
> +   omitted, assumed to be equal to 'bank-width'.
> + - #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the flash has
> +   sub-nodes representing partitions (see below).  In this case
> +   both #address-cells and #size-cells must be equal to 1.
> +
> +For JEDEC compatible devices, the following additional properties
> +are defined:
> +
> + - vendor-id : Contains the flash chip's vendor id (1 byte).
> + - device-id : Contains the flash chip's device id (1 byte).
> +
> +In addition to the information on the flash bank itself, the
> +device tree may optionally contain additional information
> +describing partitions of the flash address space.  This can be
> +used on platforms which have strong conventions about which
> +portions of the flash are used for what purposes, but which don't
> +use an on-flash partition table such as RedBoot.
> +
> +Each partition is represented as a sub-node of the flash device.
> +Each node's name represents the name of the corresponding
> +partition of the flash device.
> +
> +Flash partitions
> + - reg : The partition's offset and size within the flash bank.
> + - label : (optional) The label / name for this flash partition.
> +   If omitted, the label is taken from the node name (excluding
> +   the unit address).
> + - read-only : (optional) This parameter, if present, is a hint to
> +   Linux that this flash partition should only be mounted
> +   read-only.  This is usually used for flash partitions
> +   containing early-boot firmware images or data which should not
> +   be clobbered.
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +       flash at ff000000 {
> +               compatible = "amd,am29lv128ml", "cfi-flash";
> +               reg = <ff000000 01000000>;
> +               bank-width = <4>;
> +               device-width = <1>;
> +               #address-cells = <1>;
> +               #size-cells = <1>;
> +               fs at 0 {
> +                       label = "fs";
> +                       reg = <0 f80000>;
> +               };
> +               firmware at f80000 {
> +                       label ="firmware";
> +                       reg = <f80000 80000>;
> +                       read-only;
> +               };
> +       };
> --
> 1.6.2.3
>
>



-- 
Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.



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