mtd maps

[Josh Boyer]

On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 13:32 -0700, Matt Porter wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:44:00AM -0700, Mark A. Greer wrote:
> > Greg Weeks wrote:
> > 
> > > Are mtd maps still in drivers/mtd/maps or has that all moved to the 
> > > platform code? I have an mtd map for the mpc8560ads but it's in mtd/maps.
> > 
> > 
> > The mtd code has changed so that platform code can get at the routines 
> > to set up the maps from there.  arch/ppc/platforms/katana.c has its mtd 
> > maps there and I recently posted a patch that moves it for the chestnut 
> > as well.
> > 
> > I think its a good idea to move them to the platform code since the mtd 
> > maps are platform specific anyway.  Plus its one less place to add/edit 
> > a file.  But that's just my $0.02...
> 
> But keep in mind that this currently only applies in the case where
> you need to map chips of the same type. Some boards have multiple
> chip types and physmap doesn't yet support that.

There is a driver in MTD CVS now called mphysmap (untested I believe),
that might be able to deal with that.  Eventually.

josh