Add two compatibles for binman entries, as a starting point for the
schema.
Note that, after discussion on v2, we decided to keep the existing
meaning of label so as not to require changes to existing userspace
software when moving to use binman nodes to specify the firmware
layout.
Note also that, after discussion on v6, we decided to use the same
'fixed-partition' schema for the binman features, so this version
adds a new 'binman.yaml' file providing the new compatibles to the
existing partition.yaml binding.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20240412153249.100787-2-sjg@chromium.org
Add three properties for controlling alignment of partitions, aka
'entries' in fixed-partition.
For now there is no explicit mention of hierarchy, so a 'section' is
just the 'fixed-partitions' node.
These new properties are inputs to the Binman packaging process, but are
also needed if the firmware is repacked, to ensure that alignment
constraints are not violated. Therefore they are provided as part of
the schema.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20240412153249.100787-1-sjg@chromium.org
Linux needs to know what to use as root device. On embedded devices with
flash the only common way to specify that is cmdline & root= parameter.
That solution works with U-Boot which is Linux & cmdline aware but isn't
available with all market bootloaders. Also that method is fragile:
1. Requires specific probing order on multi-flash devices
2. Uses hardcoded partitions indexes
A lot of devices use different partitioning methods. It may be
"fixed-partitions" or some dynamic partitioning (e.g. based on parts
table). For such cases allow "linux,rootfs" property to mark correct
flash partition.
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20221022211318.32009-1-zajec5@gmail.com
Document new partition nodes that declare only the label/name instead
of the reg used to provide an OF node for partition registred at runtime
by parsers. This is required for nvmem system to declare and detect
nvmem-cells.
With these special partitions, the reg / offset is not required and a
'partition-' prefix is needed.
The node name with the 'partition-' prefix stripped, is used to match
the partition allocated by the parser at runtime and the parser will
provide reg and offset of the mtd.
If the partition to match contains invalid char for a node name, the
label binding can be used to declare the partition name.
NVMEM will use the data from the parser and provide the NVMEM cells
declared in the DTS, "connecting" the dynamic partition with a
static declaration of cells in them.
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20220622010628.30414-2-ansuelsmth@gmail.com
Single partition binding is quite common and may be:
1. Used by multiple parsers
2. Extended for more specific cases
Move it to separated file to avoid code duplication.
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
