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mtd: Add driver for concatenating devices

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Introducing CONFIG_MTD_VIRT_CONCAT to separate the legacy flow from the new
approach, where only the concatenated partition is registered as an MTD
device, while the individual partitions that form it are not registered
independently, as they are typically not required by the user.
CONFIG_MTD_VIRT_CONCAT is a boolean configuration option that depends on
CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER. When enabled, it allows flash nodes to be
exposed as individual MTD devices along with the other partitions.

The solution focuses on fixed-partitions description only as it depends on
device boundaries. It supports multiple sets of concatenated devices, each
comprising two or more partitions.

    flash@0 {
            reg = <0>;
            partitions {
                    compatible = "fixed-partitions";

                    part0@0 {
                            part-concat-next = <&flash0_part1>;
                            label = "part0_0";
                            reg = <0x0 0x800000>;
                    };

                    flash0_part1: part1@800000 {
                            label = "part0_1";
                            reg = <800000 0x800000>;
                    };

                    part2@1000000 {
                            part-concat-next = <&flash1_part0>;
                            label = "part0_2";
                            reg = <0x800000 0x800000>;
                    };
            };
    };

    flash@1 {
            reg = <1>;
            partitions {
                    compatible = "fixed-partitions";

                    flash1_part0: part1@0 {
                            label = "part1_0";
                            reg = <0x0 0x800000>;
                    };

                    part1@800000 {
                            label = "part1_1";
                            reg = <0x800000 0x800000>;
                    };
            };
    };

The partitions that gets created are

flash@0
part0_0-part0_1-concat
flash@1
part1_1
part0_2-part1_0-concat

Suggested-by: Bernhard Frauendienst <kernel@nospam.obeliks.de>
Suggested-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Mahapatra <amit.kumar-mahapatra@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
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Amit Kumar Mahapatra
2026-02-04 09:32:18 +01:00
committed by Miquel Raynal
parent 59509da0cb
commit 43db6366fc
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drivers/mtd/Kconfig
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@@ -206,6 +206,15 @@ config MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER
the parent of the partition device be the master device, rather than
what lies behind the master.
config MTD_VIRT_CONCAT
bool "Virtual concatenated MTD devices"
depends on MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER
help
The driver enables the creation of virtual MTD device by
concatenating multiple physical MTD devices into a single
entity. This allows for the creation of partitions larger than
the individual physical chips, extending across chip boundaries.
source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"