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diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/linux/mtd/ubi-user.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fe06ded0e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/mtd/ubi-user.h @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +/* + * Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2006 + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or + * (at your option) any later version. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See + * the GNU General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA + * + * Author: Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём) + */ + +#ifndef __UBI_USER_H__ +#define __UBI_USER_H__ + +/* + * UBI volume creation + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + * + * UBI volumes are created via the %UBI_IOCMKVOL IOCTL command of UBI character + * device. A &struct ubi_mkvol_req object has to be properly filled and a + * pointer to it has to be passed to the IOCTL. + * + * UBI volume deletion + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + * + * To delete a volume, the %UBI_IOCRMVOL IOCTL command of the UBI character + * device should be used. A pointer to the 32-bit volume ID hast to be passed + * to the IOCTL. + * + * UBI volume re-size + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + * + * To re-size a volume, the %UBI_IOCRSVOL IOCTL command of the UBI character + * device should be used. A &struct ubi_rsvol_req object has to be properly + * filled and a pointer to it has to be passed to the IOCTL. + * + * UBI volume update + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + * + * Volume update should be done via the %UBI_IOCVOLUP IOCTL command of the + * corresponding UBI volume character device. A pointer to a 64-bit update + * size should be passed to the IOCTL. After then, UBI expects user to write + * this number of bytes to the volume character device. The update is finished + * when the claimed number of bytes is passed. So, the volume update sequence + * is something like: + * + * fd = open("/dev/my_volume"); + * ioctl(fd, UBI_IOCVOLUP, &image_size); + * write(fd, buf, image_size); + * close(fd); + */ + +/* + * When a new volume is created, users may either specify the volume number they + * want to create or to let UBI automatically assign a volume number using this + * constant. + */ +#define UBI_VOL_NUM_AUTO (-1) + +/* Maximum volume name length */ +#define UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME 127 + +/* IOCTL commands of UBI character devices */ + +#define UBI_IOC_MAGIC 'o' + +/* Create an UBI volume */ +#define UBI_IOCMKVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 0, struct ubi_mkvol_req) +/* Remove an UBI volume */ +#define UBI_IOCRMVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 1, int32_t) +/* Re-size an UBI volume */ +#define UBI_IOCRSVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 2, struct ubi_rsvol_req) + +/* IOCTL commands of UBI volume character devices */ + +#define UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC 'O' + +/* Start UBI volume update */ +#define UBI_IOCVOLUP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 0, int64_t) +/* An eraseblock erasure command, used for debugging, disabled by default */ +#define UBI_IOCEBER _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 1, int32_t) + +/* + * UBI volume type constants. + * + * @UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME: dynamic volume + * @UBI_STATIC_VOLUME: static volume + */ +enum { + UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME = 3, + UBI_STATIC_VOLUME = 4 +}; + +/** + * struct ubi_mkvol_req - volume description data structure used in + * volume creation requests. + * @vol_id: volume number + * @alignment: volume alignment + * @bytes: volume size in bytes + * @vol_type: volume type (%UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME or %UBI_STATIC_VOLUME) + * @padding1: reserved for future, not used + * @name_len: volume name length + * @padding2: reserved for future, not used + * @name: volume name + * + * This structure is used by userspace programs when creating new volumes. The + * @used_bytes field is only necessary when creating static volumes. + * + * The @alignment field specifies the required alignment of the volume logical + * eraseblock. This means, that the size of logical eraseblocks will be aligned + * to this number, i.e., + * (UBI device logical eraseblock size) mod (@alignment) = 0. + * + * To put it differently, the logical eraseblock of this volume may be slightly + * shortened in order to make it properly aligned. The alignment has to be + * multiple of the flash minimal input/output unit, or %1 to utilize the entire + * available space of logical eraseblocks. + * + * The @alignment field may be useful, for example, when one wants to maintain + * a block device on top of an UBI volume. In this case, it is desirable to fit + * an integer number of blocks in logical eraseblocks of this UBI volume. With + * alignment it is possible to update this volume using plane UBI volume image + * BLOBs, without caring about how to properly align them. + */ +struct ubi_mkvol_req { + int32_t vol_id; + int32_t alignment; + int64_t bytes; + int8_t vol_type; + int8_t padding1; + int16_t name_len; + int8_t padding2[4]; + char name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME+1]; +} __attribute__ ((packed)); + +/** + * struct ubi_rsvol_req - a data structure used in volume re-size requests. + * @vol_id: ID of the volume to re-size + * @bytes: new size of the volume in bytes + * + * Re-sizing is possible for both dynamic and static volumes. But while dynamic + * volumes may be re-sized arbitrarily, static volumes cannot be made to be + * smaller then the number of bytes they bear. To arbitrarily shrink a static + * volume, it must be wiped out first (by means of volume update operation with + * zero number of bytes). + */ +struct ubi_rsvol_req { + int64_t bytes; + int32_t vol_id; +} __attribute__ ((packed)); + +#endif /* __UBI_USER_H__ */ |