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Am 26.04.2016 um 07:17 schrieb Heiko Schocher:
> Also, as the UBI/UIFS case may show, it is not always a trivial job
> to do such a sync, as concepts in Linux changes ...

While we are at it, how do you QA?
Did you ever port port UBI or MTD tests to u-boot and let them run?
Maybe there are more issues hidden which didn't came up in quick "builds and boots a kernel" tests. ;-)
As you offer the full UBI and UBIFS feature sets advanced users may get surprised.

Thanks,
//richard

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Am 26.04.2016 um 07:17 schrieb Heiko Schocher:
> Also, as the UBI/UIFS case may show, it is not always a trivial job
> to do such a sync, as concepts in Linux changes ...

While we are at it, how do you QA?
Did you ever port port UBI or MTD tests to u-boot and let them run?
Maybe there are more issues hidden which didn't came up in quick "builds and boots a kernel" tests. ;-)
As you offer the full UBI and UBIFS feature sets advanced users may get surprised.

Thanks,
//richard