6 files changed, 52 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/arm-versatile.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/arm-versatile.txt
index 476845db94d0..beace4b89daa 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/arm-versatile.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/arm-versatile.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ Required properties:
 - compatible : must be "arm,versatile-flash";
 - bank-width : width in bytes of flash interface.
 
-Optional properties:
-- Subnode partition map from mtd flash binding
+The device tree may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the
+address space. See partition.txt for more detail.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-dataflash.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-dataflash.txt
index ef66ddd01da0..1889a4db5b7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-dataflash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/atmel-dataflash.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Required properties:
 - compatible : "atmel,<model>", "atmel,<series>", "atmel,dataflash".
 
+The device tree may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the
+address space. See partition.txt for more detail.
+
 Example:
 
 flash@1 {
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsl-upm-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsl-upm-nand.txt
index 00f1f546b32e..fce4894f5a98 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsl-upm-nand.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/fsl-upm-nand.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Optional properties:
         read registers (tR). Required if property "gpios" is not used
         (R/B# pins not connected).
 
+Each flash chip described may optionally contain additional sub-nodes
+describing partitions of the address space. See partition.txt for more
+detail.
+
 Examples:
 
 upm@1,0 {
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpio-control-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpio-control-nand.txt
index 719f4dc58df7..36ef07d3c90f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpio-control-nand.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpio-control-nand.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Optional properties:
   GPIO state and before and after command byte writes, this register will be
   read to ensure that the GPIO accesses have completed.
 
+The device tree may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the
+address space. See partition.txt for more detail.
+
 Examples:
 
 gpio-nand@1,0 {
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd-physmap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd-physmap.txt
index 80152cb567d9..a63c2bd7de2b 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd-physmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd-physmap.txt
@@ -23,27 +23,8 @@ are defined:
  - vendor-id : Contains the flash chip's vendor id (1 byte).
  - device-id : Contains the flash chip's device id (1 byte).
 
-In addition to the information on the mtd bank itself, the
-device tree may optionally contain additional information
-describing partitions of the address space.  This can be
-used on platforms which have strong conventions about which
-portions of a flash are used for what purposes, but which don't
-use an on-flash partition table such as RedBoot.
-
-Each partition is represented as a sub-node of the mtd device.
-Each node's name represents the name of the corresponding
-partition of the mtd device.
-
-Flash partitions
- - reg : The partition's offset and size within the mtd bank.
- - label : (optional) The label / name for this partition.
-   If omitted, the label is taken from the node name (excluding
-   the unit address).
- - read-only : (optional) This parameter, if present, is a hint to
-   Linux that this partition should only be mounted
-   read-only.  This is usually used for flash partitions
-   containing early-boot firmware images or data which should not
-   be clobbered.
+The device tree may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the
+address space. See partition.txt for more detail.
 
 Example:
 
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f114ce1657c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Representing flash partitions in devicetree
+
+Partitions can be represented by sub-nodes of an mtd device. This can be used
+on platforms which have strong conventions about which portions of a flash are
+used for what purposes, but which don't use an on-flash partition table such
+as RedBoot.
+
+#address-cells & #size-cells must both be present in the mtd device and be
+equal to 1.
+
+Required properties:
+- reg : The partition's offset and size within the mtd bank.
+
+Optional properties:
+- label : The label / name for this partition.  If omitted, the label is taken
+  from the node name (excluding the unit address).
+- read-only : This parameter, if present, is a hint to Linux that this
+  partition should only be mounted read-only. This is usually used for flash
+  partitions containing early-boot firmware images or data which should not be
+  clobbered.
+
+Examples:
+
+
+flash@0 {
+        #address-cells = <1>;
+        #size-cells = <1>;
+
+        partition@0 {
+                label = "u-boot";
+                reg = <0x0000000 0x100000>;
+                read-only;
+        };
+
+        uimage@100000 {
+                reg = <0x0100000 0x200000>;
+        };
+];