Document and implement an improved flash device binding
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Mon Sep 3 20:23:34 EST 2007
> + j) CFI or JEDEC memory-mapped NOR flash
>
> Flash chips (Memory Technology Devices) are often used for solid
> state
> file systems on embedded devices.
Well, almost everything has a NOR flash on it, not just
embedded boards ;-)
> + - 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'.
Let's have bank-width optional instead, it's more natural
that way for the common case of just one chip. Or, you can
say that either is optional.
> + flash at ff000000 {
> + compatible = "amd,am29lv128ml", "cfi-flash";
> + reg = <ff000000 01000000>;
> + bank-width = <4>;
This is an 8/16-bit part, you need a device-width ;-)
Need #address-cells here for the child nodes:
> + fs at 0 {
> + reg = <0 f80000>;
> + };
[big snip]
> + OpenBIOS at 0 {
This show immediately why node name = partition name won't
work out. You're not supposed to start a node name with a
capital like this.
Segher
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