[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: mtd: document Broadcom's BCM47xx partitions

[Rafał Miłecki]

From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>

Broadcom based home router devices use partitions which have to be
discovered in a specific non-standard way. As there is no partition
table this commit adds and describes a new custom binding.

Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
---
 .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt          | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
index 36f3b769a626..b201d497b618 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ 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
 ================
@@ -109,3 +107,47 @@ flash at 2 {
 		};
 	};
 };
+
+
+Broadcom BCM47xx Partitions
+===========================
+
+Broadcom is one of hardware manufacturers providing SoCs (BCM47xx) used in
+home routers. Their BCM947xx boards using CFE bootloader have several partitions
+without any on-flash partition table. On some devices their sizes and/or
+meanings can also vary so fixed partitioning can't be used.
+
+Discovering partitions on these devices is possible thanks to having a special
+header and/or magic signature at the beginning of each of them. They are also
+block aligned which is important for determinig a size.
+
+Most of partitions use ASCII text based magic for determining a type. More
+complex partitions (like TRX with its HDR0 magic) may include extra header
+containing some details, including a length.
+
+A list of supported partitions includes:
+1) Bootloader with Broadcom's CFE (Common Firmware Environment)
+2) NVRAM with configuration/calibration data
+3) Device manufacturer's data with some default values (e.g. SSIDs)
+4) TRX firmware container which can hold up to 4 subpartitions
+5) Backup TRX firmware used after failed upgrade
+
+As mentioned earlier, role of some partitions may depend on extra configuration.
+For example both: main firmware and backup firmware use the same TRX format with
+the same header. To distinguish currently used firmware a CFE's environment
+variable "bootpartition" is used.
+
+
+Devices using Broadcom partitions described above should should have flash node
+with a subnode named "partitions" using following properties:
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible : (required) must be "brcm,bcm947xx-cfe-partitions"
+
+Example:
+
+flash at 0 {
+	partitions {
+		compatible = "brcm,bcm947xx-cfe-partitions";
+	};
+};
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