linux/drivers/mtd
Brian Norris e488ca9f8d doc: dt: mtd: partitions: add compatible property to "partitions" node
As noted here [1], there are potentially future conflicts if we try to
use MTD's "partitions" subnode to describe anything besides just the
fixed-in-the-device-tree partitions currently described in this
document. Particularly, there was a proposal to use this node for the
AFS parser too.

It can pose a (small) problem to try to differentiate the following
nodes:

	// using binding as currently specified
	partitions {
		#address-cells = <x>;
		#size-cells = <y>;
		partition@0 {
			...;
		};
	};

and

	// proposed future binding
	partitions {
		compatible = "arm,arm-flash-structure";
	};

It's especially difficult if other uses of this node start having
subnodes.

So, since the "partitions" node is new in v4.4, let's fixup the binding
before release so that it requires a compatible property, so it's much
clearer to distinguish. e.g.:

	// proposed
	partitions {
		compatible = "fixed-partitions";
		#address-cells = <x>;
		#size-cells = <y>;
		partition@0 {
			...;
		};
	};

[1] Subject: "mtd: create a partition type device tree binding"
    http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20151113220039.GA74382@google.com
    http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-November/063355.html
    http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-November/063364.html

Cc: Michal Suchanek <hramrach@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
2015-12-08 17:10:20 -08:00
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chips mtd: chips: fixup dependencies, to prevent build error 2015-05-28 11:07:48 -07:00
devices MTD updates for 4.4-rc1: 2015-11-06 11:50:24 -08:00
lpddr mtd: lpddr: show parent device in sysfs 2015-10-13 09:21:17 -07:00
maps mtd: maps: rbtx4939-flash: fix compile error 2015-10-19 18:21:25 -07:00
nand mtd: nand: fix shutdown/reboot for multi-chip systems 2015-11-16 10:51:39 -08:00
onenand mtd: onenand: omap2: drop owner and name assignment 2015-10-13 12:56:43 -07:00
spi-nor mtd: fsl-quadspi: fix macro collision problems with READ/WRITE 2015-10-26 14:44:56 -07:00
tests mtd: tests: Replace timeval with ktime_t 2015-10-26 13:23:47 -07:00
ubi This pull request includes the following UBI/UBIFS changes: 2015-11-10 16:35:06 -08:00
Kconfig mtd: part: Create the master device node when partitioned 2015-04-05 17:44:01 -07:00
Makefile mtd: spi-nor: shorten Kconfig naming 2014-04-14 11:23:01 -07:00
afs.c mtd: make register_mtd_parser return void 2014-01-03 11:22:22 -08:00
ar7part.c mtd: make register_mtd_parser return void 2014-01-03 11:22:22 -08:00
bcm47xxpart.c mtd: bcm47xxpart: support SquashFS with an original magic 2015-01-07 12:24:23 -08:00
bcm63xxpart.c mtd: make register_mtd_parser return void 2014-01-03 11:22:22 -08:00
cmdlinepart.c mtd: cmdlinepart: convert printk() to pr_*() 2015-09-28 18:37:32 -07:00
ftl.c mtd/ftl: fix the double free of the buffers allocated in build_maps() 2014-07-14 18:41:20 -07:00
inftlcore.c mtd: nand: add a helper to detect the nand type 2013-10-27 16:27:06 -07:00
inftlmount.c mtd: intflmount: fix off by one error in INFTL_dumpVUchains() 2014-11-05 13:19:21 -08:00
mtd_blkdevs.c mtd: blkdevs: fix potential deadlock + lockdep warnings 2015-10-30 17:24:43 -07:00
mtdblock.c mtd: mtdblock: remove the needless mtdblks_lock 2015-01-07 12:51:56 -08:00
mtdblock_ro.c mtd: Move major number definitions to major.h 2013-11-06 23:32:59 -08:00
mtdchar.c mtd: provide proper 32/64-bit compat_ioctl() support for BLKPG 2015-09-29 13:37:04 -07:00
mtdconcat.c MTD updates for 3.20-rc1 2015-02-18 08:01:44 -08:00
mtdcore.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2015-11-07 14:32:45 -08:00
mtdcore.h mtd: merge mtdchar module with mtdcore 2013-04-05 13:16:54 +01:00
mtdoops.c
mtdpart.c mtd: mtdpart: Do not fail mtd probe when parsing partitions fails 2015-10-26 18:43:48 -07:00
mtdsuper.c mtd: Move major number definitions to major.h 2013-11-06 23:32:59 -08:00
mtdswap.c mtd: use __packed shorthand 2014-08-19 11:53:08 -07:00
nftlcore.c mtd: nand: add a helper to detect the nand type 2013-10-27 16:27:06 -07:00
nftlmount.c mtd: nftl: reorganize operations in condition check 2015-01-09 15:26:29 -08:00
ofpart.c doc: dt: mtd: partitions: add compatible property to "partitions" node 2015-12-08 17:10:20 -08:00
redboot.c mtd: make register_mtd_parser return void 2014-01-03 11:22:22 -08:00
rfd_ftl.c mtd: remove some duplicative checks 2014-03-10 22:42:25 -07:00
sm_ftl.c mtd: sm_ftl: initialize error code 2014-08-19 11:53:07 -07:00
sm_ftl.h
ssfdc.c mtd: nand: add a helper to detect the nand type 2013-10-27 16:27:06 -07:00