From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: andrew@lunn.ch (Andrew Lunn) Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 17:52:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] ARM: dt: mvebu: ix4-300d: remove whole flash partition In-Reply-To: <1448709248-21177-2-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> References: <1448709248-21177-1-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> <1448709248-21177-2-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20151128165258.GG32356@lunn.ch> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 12:14:05PM +0100, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote: > Current NAND node has an additional flash partition for the whole > flash overlapping with real partitions. Remove this partition as > the whole flash is already represented by the NAND device itself. If i remember correctly, we discussed this when the contribution was made. I think the stock firmware might use this for applying updates. Maybe Benoit can comment? If so, removing this will break compatibility with stock firmware. Do we want to do that? There are a few other mvebu dts files with a partition spanning the whole flash. Should we remove them as well? Andrew From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Lunn Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARM: dt: mvebu: ix4-300d: remove whole flash partition Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 17:52:58 +0100 Message-ID: <20151128165258.GG32356@lunn.ch> References: <1448709248-21177-1-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> <1448709248-21177-2-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1448709248-21177-2-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Sebastian Hesselbarth Cc: Jason Cooper , Gregory Clement , Rob Herring , Pawel Moll , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , Kumar Gala , Russell King , Benoit Masson , linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 12:14:05PM +0100, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote: > Current NAND node has an additional flash partition for the whole > flash overlapping with real partitions. Remove this partition as > the whole flash is already represented by the NAND device itself. If i remember correctly, we discussed this when the contribution was made. I think the stock firmware might use this for applying updates. Maybe Benoit can comment? If so, removing this will break compatibility with stock firmware. Do we want to do that? There are a few other mvebu dts files with a partition spanning the whole flash. Should we remove them as well? Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752500AbbK1QxM (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Nov 2015 11:53:12 -0500 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch ([178.209.37.122]:43529 "EHLO vps0.lunn.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752214AbbK1QxK (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Nov 2015 11:53:10 -0500 Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 17:52:58 +0100 From: Andrew Lunn To: Sebastian Hesselbarth Cc: Jason Cooper , Gregory Clement , Rob Herring , Pawel Moll , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , Kumar Gala , Russell King , Benoit Masson , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARM: dt: mvebu: ix4-300d: remove whole flash partition Message-ID: <20151128165258.GG32356@lunn.ch> References: <1448709248-21177-1-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> <1448709248-21177-2-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1448709248-21177-2-git-send-email-sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 12:14:05PM +0100, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote: > Current NAND node has an additional flash partition for the whole > flash overlapping with real partitions. Remove this partition as > the whole flash is already represented by the NAND device itself. If i remember correctly, we discussed this when the contribution was made. I think the stock firmware might use this for applying updates. Maybe Benoit can comment? If so, removing this will break compatibility with stock firmware. Do we want to do that? There are a few other mvebu dts files with a partition spanning the whole flash. Should we remove them as well? Andrew