ps3/block: Replace mtd/ps3vram by block/ps3vram

Convert the PS3 Video RAM Storage Driver from an MTD driver to a plain block
device driver.

The ps3vram driver exposes unused video RAM on the PS3 as a block device
suitable for storage or swap.  Fast data transfer is achieved using a local
cache in system RAM and DMA transfers via the GPU.

The new driver is ca. 50% faster for reading, and ca. 10% for writing.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Acked-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig
index 920cf7a454b1..740ef56a1550 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ config PS3_FLASH
           be disabled on the kernel command line using "ps3flash=off", to
           not allocate this fixed buffer.
 
+config PS3_VRAM
+        tristate "PS3 Video RAM Storage Driver"
+        depends on FB_PS3=y && BLOCK && m
+        help
+          This driver allows you to use excess PS3 video RAM as volatile
+          storage or system swap.
+
 config PS3_LPM
         tristate "PS3 Logical Performance Monitor support"
         depends on PPC_PS3