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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-10-15 07:41:27 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-10-15 07:41:27 +0200
commitc362495586e8a3a6487a318fcd82eaf15ffe2142 (patch)
tree86f7b195d36ba198f24f86be327f21a8d24ec248 /drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
parenttty: serial: sccnxp: Fix bug with unterminated platform_id list (diff)
parentLinux 3.7-rc1 (diff)
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Merge 3.7-rc1 into tty-linus
This syncs up the tty-linus branch to the latest in Linus's tree to get all of the UAPI stuff needed for the next set of patches to merge. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
index 271a842f8c39..36663af56d89 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
@@ -56,6 +56,27 @@ config MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
Leave the default value if unsure.
+config MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
+ bool "UBI Fastmap (Experimental feature)"
+ default n
+ help
+ Important: this feature is experimental so far and the on-flash
+ format for fastmap may change in the next kernel versions
+
+ Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
+ in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
+ only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
+ The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
+ the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
+ attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
+ a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI module parameter
+ fm_autoconvert to 1 if you want so. Please note that fastmap-enabled
+ images are still usable with UBI implementations without
+ fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap fits
+ into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
+
+ If in doubt, say "N".
+
config MTD_UBI_GLUEBI
tristate "MTD devices emulation driver (gluebi)"
help