Merge tag 'for-linus-20150422' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd

Pull MTD updates from Brian Norris:
 "Common MTD:

   - Add Kconfig option for keeping both the 'master' and 'partition'
     MTDs registered as devices.  This would really make a better
     default if we could do it over, as it allows a lot more flexibility
     in (1) determining the flash topology of the system from user-space
     and (2) adding temporary partitions at runtime (ioctl(BLKPG)).

     Unfortunately, this would possibly cause user-space breakage, as it
     will cause renumbering of the /dev/mtdX devices.  We'll see if we
     can change this in the future, as there have already been a few
     people looking for this feature, and I know others have just been
     working around our current limitations instead of fixing them this
     way.

   - Along with the previous change, add some additional information to
     sysfs, so user-space can read the offset of each partition within
     its master device

  SPI NOR:

   - add new device tree compatible binding to represent the
     mostly-compatible class of SPI NOR flash which can be detected by
     their extended JEDEC ID bytes, cutting down the duplication of our
     ID tables

   - misc.  new IDs

  Various other miscellaneous fixes and changes"

* tag 'for-linus-20150422' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd: (53 commits)
  mtd: spi-nor: Add support for Macronix mx25u6435f serial flash
  mtd: spi-nor: Add support for Winbond w25q64dw serial flash
  mtd: spi-nor: add support for the Winbond W25X05 flash
  mtd: spi-nor: support en25s64 device
  mtd: m25p80: bind to "nor-jedec" ID, for auto-detection
  Documentation: devicetree: m25p80: add "nor-jedec" binding
  mtd: Make MTD tests cancelable
  mtd: mtd_oobtest: Fix bitflip_limit usage in test case 3
  mtd: docg3: remove invalid __exit annotations
  mtd: fsl_ifc_nand: use msecs_to_jiffies for time conversion
  mtd: atmel_nand: don't map the ROM table if no pmecc table offset in DT
  mtd: atmel_nand: add a definition for the oob reserved bytes
  mtd: part: Remove partition overlap checks
  mtd: part: Add sysfs variable for offset of partition
  mtd: part: Create the master device node when partitioned
  mtd: ts5500_flash: Fix typo in MODULE_DESCRIPTION in ts5500_flash.c
  mtd: denali: Disable sub-page writes in Denali NAND driver
  mtd: pxa3xx_nand: cleanup wait_for_completion handling
  mtd: nand: gpmi: Check for scan_bbt() error
  mtd: nand: gpmi: fixup return type of wait_for_completion_timeout
  ...

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
index 71fea895ce38..a03ad2951c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -309,6 +309,19 @@ config MTD_SWAP
           The driver provides wear leveling by storing erase counter into the
           OOB.
 
+config MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER
+        bool "Retain master device when partitioned"
+        default n
+        depends on MTD
+        help
+          For historical reasons, by default, either a master is present or
+          several partitions are present, but not both. The concern was that
+          data listed in multiple partitions was dangerous; however, SCSI does
+          this and it is frequently useful for applications. This config option
+          leaves the master in even if the device is partitioned. It also makes
+          the parent of the partition device be the master device, rather than
+          what lies behind the master.
+
 source "drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/mtd/maps/Kconfig"