diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst index 436ba5a851d7c43a16c55d708ec0902458fcb107..6a4278f409d78176a8b95719aaf54813f155ea90 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/index.rst @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ Memory Technology Device (MTD) .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - intel-spi + spi-intel nand_ecc spi-nor diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/intel-spi.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-intel.rst similarity index 94% rename from Documentation/driver-api/mtd/intel-spi.rst rename to Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-intel.rst index 0465f68792625e0606b72da90987156ad49c684d..df854f20ead15a1e2e606317f1b925bcf31e422e 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/intel-spi.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/mtd/spi-intel.rst @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ============================== -Upgrading BIOS using intel-spi +Upgrading BIOS using spi-intel ============================== Many Intel CPUs like Baytrail and Braswell include SPI serial flash host @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ avoid accidental (or on purpose) overwrite of the content. Not all manufacturers protect the SPI serial flash, mainly because it allows upgrading the BIOS image directly from an OS. -The intel-spi driver makes it possible to read and write the SPI serial +The spi-intel driver makes it possible to read and write the SPI serial flash, if certain protection bits are not set and locked. If it finds any of them set, the whole MTD device is made read-only to prevent partial overwrites. By default the driver exposes SPI serial flash contents as read-only but it can be changed from kernel command line, -passing "intel-spi.writeable=1". +passing "spi_intel.writeable=1". Please keep in mind that overwriting the BIOS image on SPI serial flash might render the machine unbootable and requires special equipment like @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Linux. serial flash. Distros like Debian and Fedora have this prepackaged with name "mtd-utils". - 3) Add "intel-spi.writeable=1" to the kernel command line and reboot + 3) Add "spi_intel.writeable=1" to the kernel command line and reboot the board (you can also reload the driver passing "writeable=1" as module parameter to modprobe).