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| 1 | +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause |
| 2 | +%YAML 1.2 |
| 3 | +--- |
| 4 | +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/mtd/partitions/brcm,bcm947xx-cfe-partitions.yaml# |
| 5 | +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml# |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +title: Broadcom BCM47xx Partitions |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +description: | |
| 10 | + Broadcom is one of hardware manufacturers providing SoCs (BCM47xx) used in |
| 11 | + home routers. Their BCM947xx boards using CFE bootloader have several |
| 12 | + partitions without any on-flash partition table. On some devices their sizes |
| 13 | + and/or meanings can also vary so fixed partitioning can't be used. |
| 14 | +
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| 15 | + Discovering partitions on these devices is possible thanks to having a special |
| 16 | + header and/or magic signature at the beginning of each of them. They are also |
| 17 | + block aligned which is important for determinig a size. |
| 18 | +
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| 19 | + Most of partitions use ASCII text based magic for determining a type. More |
| 20 | + complex partitions (like TRX with its HDR0 magic) may include extra header |
| 21 | + containing some details, including a length. |
| 22 | +
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| 23 | + A list of supported partitions includes: |
| 24 | + 1) Bootloader with Broadcom's CFE (Common Firmware Environment) |
| 25 | + 2) NVRAM with configuration/calibration data |
| 26 | + 3) Device manufacturer's data with some default values (e.g. SSIDs) |
| 27 | + 4) TRX firmware container which can hold up to 4 subpartitions |
| 28 | + 5) Backup TRX firmware used after failed upgrade |
| 29 | +
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| 30 | + As mentioned earlier, role of some partitions may depend on extra |
| 31 | + configuration. For example both: main firmware and backup firmware use the |
| 32 | + same TRX format with the same header. To distinguish currently used firmware a |
| 33 | + CFE's environment variable "bootpartition" is used. |
| 34 | +
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| 35 | +maintainers: |
| 36 | + - Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl> |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +properties: |
| 39 | + compatible: |
| 40 | + const: brcm,bcm947xx-cfe-partitions |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +additionalProperties: false |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +examples: |
| 45 | + - | |
| 46 | + partitions { |
| 47 | + compatible = "brcm,bcm947xx-cfe-partitions"; |
| 48 | + }; |
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