A collection of helper modules that read partition layout metadata from raw flash storage devices, such as embedded boot loaders, firmware images, and on-flash partition tables found in routers, set-top boxes, and other embedded Linux systems. They tell the kernel where one logical region of a flash chip ends and the next begins, but they do not talk to hardware themselves.
This is not actually a hardware driver directory; it is a set of partition-table parsers that sit on top of the Memory Technology Device subsystem. Any keep-or-remove decision belongs with the individual parsers and the broader MTD layer, not with this directory as a whole.
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Not a driver directory: contains MTD partition/parser helper modules that interpret flash layout metadata, not hardware-bound device driver code.