Direct char device access to MTD devices

modulename: mtdchar.ko

configname: CONFIG_MTD_CHAR

Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>Memory Technology Device (MTD) support
└─>Direct char device access to MTD devices
In linux kernel since version 2.6.12  
This provides a character device for each MTD device present in
the system, allowing the user to read and write directly to the
memory chips, and also use ioctl() to obtain information about
the device, or to erase parts of it.

source code:
depends
CONFIG_MTD

is depended by
CONFIG_ETRAX_AXISFLASHMAP