ps3: FLASH ROM Storage Driver

Add a FLASH ROM Storage Driver for the PS3:
  - Implemented as a misc character device driver
  - Uses a fixed 256 KiB buffer allocated from boot memory as the hypervisor
    requires the writing of aligned 256 KiB blocks

Cc: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3/Kconfig

@@ -123,4 +123,19 @@ config PS3_ROM
 	  In general, all users will say Y or M.
 	  Also make sure to say Y or M to "SCSI CDROM support" later.
 
+config PS3_FLASH
+	tristate "PS3 FLASH ROM Storage Driver"
+	depends on PPC_PS3
+	select PS3_STORAGE
+	help
+	  Include support for the PS3 FLASH ROM Storage.
+
+	  This support is required to access the PS3 FLASH ROM, which
+	  contains the boot loader and some boot options.
+	  In general, all users will say Y or M.
+
+	  As this driver needs a fixed buffer of 256 KiB of memory, it can
+	  be disabled on the kernel command line using "ps3flash=off", to
+	  not allocate this fixed buffer.
+
 endmenu

drivers/char/Makefile

@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IPMI_HANDLER)	+= ipmi/
 obj-$(CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER)	+= hangcheck-timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_TPM)		+= tpm/
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_PS3_FLASH)		+= ps3flash.o
+
 # Files generated that shall be removed upon make clean
 clean-files := consolemap_deftbl.c defkeymap.c