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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/driver-api/mtd')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/mtd/nand_ecc.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-intel.rst (renamed from Documentation/driver-api/mtd/intel-spi.rst) | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst | 6 |
4 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst index 436ba5a851d7..6a4278f409d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ Memory Technology Device (MTD) .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - intel-spi + spi-intel nand_ecc spi-nor diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/nand_ecc.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/nand_ecc.rst index e8d3c53a5056..74347c14a70b 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/nand_ecc.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/nand_ecc.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ NAND Error-correction Code Introduction ============ -Having looked at the linux mtd/nand driver and more specific at nand_ecc.c +Having looked at the linux mtd/nand Hamming software ECC engine driver I felt there was room for optimisation. I bashed the code for a few hours performing tricks like table lookup removing superfluous code etc. After that the speed was increased by 35-40%. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/intel-spi.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-intel.rst index 0e6d9cd5388d..df854f20ead1 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/intel-spi.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-intel.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ============================== -Upgrading BIOS using intel-spi +Upgrading BIOS using spi-intel ============================== Many Intel CPUs like Baytrail and Braswell include SPI serial flash host @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ avoid accidental (or on purpose) overwrite of the content. Not all manufacturers protect the SPI serial flash, mainly because it allows upgrading the BIOS image directly from an OS. -The intel-spi driver makes it possible to read and write the SPI serial +The spi-intel driver makes it possible to read and write the SPI serial flash, if certain protection bits are not set and locked. If it finds any of them set, the whole MTD device is made read-only to prevent partial overwrites. By default the driver exposes SPI serial flash contents as read-only but it can be changed from kernel command line, -passing "intel-spi.writeable=1". +passing "spi_intel.writeable=1". Please keep in mind that overwriting the BIOS image on SPI serial flash might render the machine unbootable and requires special equipment like @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Linux. serial flash. Distros like Debian and Fedora have this prepackaged with name "mtd-utils". - 3) Add "intel-spi.writeable=1" to the kernel command line and reboot + 3) Add "spi_intel.writeable=1" to the kernel command line and reboot the board (you can also reload the driver passing "writeable=1" as module parameter to modprobe). @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Linux. 16384+0 records out 8388608 bytes (8.4 MB) copied, 10.0269 s, 837 kB/s - 6) Verify the backup: + 6) Verify the backup:: # sha1sum /dev/mtd0ro bios.bak fdbb011920572ca6c991377c4b418a0502668b73 /dev/mtd0ro @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Linux. # flash_erase /dev/mtd0 0 0 Erasing 4 Kibyte @ 7ff000 -- 100 % complete - 8) Once completed without errors you can write the new BIOS image: + 8) Once completed without errors you can write the new BIOS image:: # dd if=MNW2MAX1.X64.0092.R01.1605221712.bin of=/dev/mtd0 diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst index 1f0437676762..4a3adca417fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-nor.rst @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ Before this framework, the layer is like:: ------------------------ SPI NOR chip - After this framework, the layer is like: +After this framework, the layer is like:: + MTD ------------------------ SPI NOR framework @@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ Before this framework, the layer is like:: ------------------------ SPI NOR chip - With the SPI NOR controller driver (Freescale QuadSPI), it looks like: +With the SPI NOR controller driver (Freescale QuadSPI), it looks like:: + MTD ------------------------ SPI NOR framework |