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[MTD] driver model updates
authorDavid Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:42:41 +0000 (00:42 -0700)
committerDavid Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Sat, 4 Apr 2009 13:29:07 +0000 (14:29 +0100)
commit1f24b5a8ecbb2a3c7080f418974d40e3ffedb221
tree07dfc44f62dac78bdf4a8cdb4d91d60f73c04ff4
parent9d63287a461c269edb39941744f4ff22223cf349
[MTD] driver model updates

Update driver model support in the MTD framework, so it fits
better into the current udev-based hotplug framework:

 - Each mtd_info now has a device node.  MTD drivers should set
   the dev.parent field to point to the physical device, before
   setting up partitions or otherwise declaring MTDs.

 - Those device nodes always map to /sys/class/mtdX device nodes,
   which no longer depend on MTD_CHARDEV.

 - Those mtdX sysfs nodes have a "starter set" of attributes;
   it's not yet sufficient to replace /proc/mtd.

 - Enabling MTD_CHARDEV provides /sys/class/mtdXro/ nodes and the
   /sys/class/mtd*/dev attributes (for udev, mdev, etc).

 - Include a MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR macro.  It'll work with
   udev creating the /dev/mtd* nodes, not just a static rootfs.

So the sysfs structure is pretty much what you'd expect, except
that readonly chardev nodes are a bit quirky.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
include/linux/mtd/mtd.h