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Heiko Schocher8f2fe0c2016-09-21 07:58:19 +02001menu "UBI support"
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Markus Klotzbuecher5ebd3df2019-05-15 15:15:56 +02003config UBI_SILENCE_MSG
Petr Vorelc0ce4ce2018-03-24 01:49:24 +01004 bool "UBI silence verbose messages"
5 default ENV_IS_IN_UBI
6 help
7 Make the verbose messages from UBI stop printing. This leaves
8 warnings and errors enabled.
9
Heiko Schocher8f2fe0c2016-09-21 07:58:19 +020010config MTD_UBI
11 bool "Enable UBI - Unsorted block images"
Karl Beldanfc94f202017-07-12 16:11:43 +000012 select RBTREE
Karl Beldanf8dc5a02017-07-12 16:11:45 +000013 select MTD_PARTITIONS
Heiko Schocher8f2fe0c2016-09-21 07:58:19 +020014 help
15 UBI is a software layer above MTD layer which admits of LVM-like
16 logical volumes on top of MTD devices, hides some complexities of
17 flash chips like wear and bad blocks and provides some other useful
18 capabilities. Please, consult the MTD web site for more details
19 (www.linux-mtd.infradead.org).
20
21if MTD_UBI
22
23config MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
24 int "UBI wear-leveling threshold"
25 default 4096
26 range 2 65536
27 help
28 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
29 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
30 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
31 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
32 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
33
34 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
35 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
36 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
37 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
38 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
39
40config MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
41 int "Maximum expected bad eraseblock count per 1024 eraseblocks"
42 default 20
43 range 0 768
44 help
45 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
46 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the underlying
47 flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR flash), this value
48 is ignored.
49
50 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM (Number of
51 Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime. The maximum
52 expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks then can be calculated
53 as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)", which gives 20 for most NANDs
54 (MaxNVB is basically the total count of eraseblocks on the chip).
55
56 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to reserve
57 about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks handling. And that
58 will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire NAND chip, not just the MTD
59 partition UBI attaches. This means that if you have, say, a NAND
60 flash chip admits maximum 40 bad eraseblocks, and it is split on two
61 MTD partitions of the same size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when
62 attaching a partition.
63
64 This option can be overridden by the "mtd=" UBI module parameter or
65 by the "attach" ioctl.
66
67 Leave the default value if unsure.
68
69config MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
70 bool "UBI Fastmap (Experimental feature)"
71 default n
72 help
73 Important: this feature is experimental so far and the on-flash
74 format for fastmap may change in the next kernel versions
75
76 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
77 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
78 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
79 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
80 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
81 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
82 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI module parameter
83 fm_autoconvert to 1 if you want so. Please note that fastmap-enabled
84 images are still usable with UBI implementations without
85 fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap fits
86 into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
87
88 If in doubt, say "N".
89
90config MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
91 int "enable UBI Fastmap autoconvert"
92 depends on MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
93 default 0
94 help
95 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
96 without a fastmap.
97
98config MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
99 int "Enable UBI fastmap debug"
100 depends on MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
101 default 0
102 help
103 Enable UBI fastmap debug
104
105endif # MTD_UBI
106endmenu # "Enable UBI - Unsorted block images"