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mflash: initial support

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This driver supports mflash IO mode for linux.

Mflash is embedded flash drive and mainly targeted mobile and consumer
electronic devices.

Internally, mflash has nand flash and other hardware logics and supports 2
different operation (ATA, IO) modes.  ATA mode doesn't need any new driver
and currently works well under standard IDE subsystem.  Actually it's one
chip SSD.  IO mode is ATA-like custom mode for the host that doesn't have
IDE interface.

Followings are brief descriptions about IO mode.
A. IO mode based on ATA protocol and uses some custom command. (read confirm,
write confirm)
B. IO mode uses SRAM bus interface.
C. IO mode supports 4kB boot area, so host can boot from mflash.

This driver is quitely similar to a standard ATA driver, but because of
following reasons it is currently seperated with ATA layer.

1. ATA layer deals standard ATA protocol.  ATA layer have many low-
   level device specific interface, but data transfer keeps ATA rule.
   But, mflash IO mode doesn't.

2. Even though currently not used in mflash driver code, mflash has
   some custom command and modes.  (nand fusing, firmware patch, etc) If
   this feature supported in linux kernel, ATA layer more altered.

3. Currently PATA platform device driver doesn't support interrupt.
   (I'm not sure) But, mflash uses interrupt (polling mode is just for
   debug).

4. mflash is somewhat under-develop product.  Even though some company
   already using mflash their own product, I think more time is needed for
   standardization of custom command and mode.  That time (maybe October)
   I will talk to with ATA people.  If they accept integration, I will
   integrate.

Signed-off-by: unsik Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Alan Cox <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
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unsik Kim 2009-04-02 12:50:58 -07:00 • committed by Jens Axboe
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@ -410,6 +410,23 @@ config ATA_OVER_ETH
This driver provides Support for ATA over Ethernet block
devices like the Coraid EtherDrive (R) Storage Blade.
config MG_DISK
tristate "mGine mflash, gflash support"
depends on ARM && ATA && GPIOLIB
help
mGine mFlash(gFlash) block device driver
config MG_DISK_RES
int "Size of reserved area before MBR"
depends on MG_DISK
default 0
help
Define size of reserved area that usually used for boot. Unit is KB.
All of the block device operation will be taken this value as start
offset
Examples:
1024 => 1 MB
config SUNVDC
tristate "Sun Virtual Disk Client support"
depends on SUN_LDOMS

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@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA) += cciss.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960) += DAC960.o
obj-$(CONFIG_XILINX_SYSACE) += xsysace.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD) += pktcdvd.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MG_DISK) += mg_disk.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SUNVDC) += sunvdc.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM) += umem.o

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