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| diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000..10166757b --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +/* + * MTD partitioning layer definitions + * + * (C) 2000 Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> + * + * This code is GPL + * + * $Id: partitions.h,v 1.17 2005/11/07 11:14:55 gleixner Exp $ + */ + +#ifndef MTD_PARTITIONS_H +#define MTD_PARTITIONS_H + +#include <linux/types.h> + + +/* + * Partition definition structure: + * + * An array of struct partition is passed along with a MTD object to + * add_mtd_partitions() to create them. + * + * For each partition, these fields are available: + * name: string that will be used to label the partition's MTD device. + * size: the partition size; if defined as MTDPART_SIZ_FULL, the partition + * 	will extend to the end of the master MTD device. + * offset: absolute starting position within the master MTD device; if + * 	defined as MTDPART_OFS_APPEND, the partition will start where the + * 	previous one ended; if MTDPART_OFS_NXTBLK, at the next erase block. + * mask_flags: contains flags that have to be masked (removed) from the + * 	master MTD flag set for the corresponding MTD partition. + * 	For example, to force a read-only partition, simply adding + * 	MTD_WRITEABLE to the mask_flags will do the trick. + * + * Note: writeable partitions require their size and offset be + * erasesize aligned (e.g. use MTDPART_OFS_NEXTBLK). + */ + +struct mtd_partition { +	char *name;			/* identifier string */ +	u_int32_t size;			/* partition size */ +	u_int32_t offset;		/* offset within the master MTD space */ +	u_int32_t mask_flags;		/* master MTD flags to mask out for this partition */ +	struct nand_ecclayout *ecclayout;	/* out of band layout for this partition (NAND only)*/ +	struct mtd_info **mtdp;		/* pointer to store the MTD object */ +}; + +#define MTDPART_OFS_NXTBLK	(-2) +#define MTDPART_OFS_APPEND	(-1) +#define MTDPART_SIZ_FULL	(0) + + +int add_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *, const struct mtd_partition *, int); +int del_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *); + +#if 0 +/* + * Functions dealing with the various ways of partitioning the space + */ + +struct mtd_part_parser { +	struct list_head list; +	struct module *owner; +	const char *name; +	int (*parse_fn)(struct mtd_info *, struct mtd_partition **, unsigned long); +}; + +extern int register_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *parser); +extern int deregister_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *parser); +extern int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char **types, +				struct mtd_partition **pparts, unsigned long origin); + +#define put_partition_parser(p) do { module_put((p)->owner); } while(0) + +struct device; +struct device_node; + +int __devinit of_mtd_parse_partitions(struct device *dev, +				      struct mtd_info *mtd, +				      struct device_node *node, +				      struct mtd_partition **pparts); +#endif + +#endif |