[Buildroot] updating package/mtd

[Buildroot] updating package/mtd

[Hamish Moffatt]

I'm going to update package/mtd to support a newer version, because I
need access to ubi and other new tools.

Using the MTD snapshot version seems to be broken - there are no
snapshots on the ftp.uk.linux.org server any more. Also I think we could
merge the makefiles for the 2005* and 2006* versions.

Any comments, thoughts, objections, requests?

thanks
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>

[Buildroot] updating package/mtd

[Ulf Samuelsson]

> I'm going to update package/mtd to support a newer version, because I
> need access to ubi and other new tools.
> 
> Using the MTD snapshot version seems to be broken - there are no
> snapshots on the ftp.uk.linux.org server any more. Also I think we could
> merge the makefiles for the 2005* and 2006* versions.
> 
> Any comments, thoughts, objections, requests?
> 
> thanks
> Hamish
> -- 


If you want to work on this, you need to test the result on AT45 dataflash.
Unless you have access to such a target, I suggest you leave the 2006 support there
and add yet another version.

Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson

[Buildroot] updating package/mtd

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:45:18PM +0100, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
> 
> 
> > I'm going to update package/mtd to support a newer version, because I
> > need access to ubi and other new tools.
> > 
> > Using the MTD snapshot version seems to be broken - there are no
> > snapshots on the ftp.uk.linux.org server any more. Also I think we could
> > merge the makefiles for the 2005* and 2006* versions.
> > 
> > Any comments, thoughts, objections, requests?
> 
> If you want to work on this, you need to test the result on AT45 dataflash.
> Unless you have access to such a target, I suggest you leave the 2006 support there
> and add yet another version.

OK. Is AT45 dataflash not working in the current git version, or 1.1.0?
Do we need the 2005* version as well, and also the 1.1.0 release which
is the latest of the 3 current working options?

I need something from git myself to get access to the ubi tools.

Hamish
-- 
Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>

[Buildroot] updating package/mtd

[Ulf Samuelsson]

>> > I'm going to update package/mtd to support a newer version, because I
>> > need access to ubi and other new tools.
>> > 
>> > Using the MTD snapshot version seems to be broken - there are no
>> > snapshots on the ftp.uk.linux.org server any more. Also I think we could
>> > merge the makefiles for the 2005* and 2006* versions.
>> > 
>> > Any comments, thoughts, objections, requests?
>> 
>> If you want to work on this, you need to test the result on AT45 dataflash.
>> Unless you have access to such a target, I suggest you leave the 2006 support there
>> and add yet another version.
> 
> OK. Is AT45 dataflash not working in the current git version, or 1.1.0?
> Do we need the 2005* version as well, and also the 1.1.0 release which
> is the latest of the 3 current working options?
> 

Have no clue if it is working in the git.
I know 2005 isn't, but I could not test on a multitude of targets,
therefore I added 2006 (which works for AT45) but allowed
people to keep 2005.
IIRC, There are different directory structures between 2005 and 2006,
making it hard to share makefiles.

> I need something from git myself to get access to the ubi tools.
> 

Suggest you use a separate makefile for the latest version to avoid trouble.
AT91 should use 2006 by default.

> Hamish
> -- 
> Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
>


Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson

[Buildroot] updating package/mtd

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 09:57:13AM +0100, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
> >> > I'm going to update package/mtd to support a newer version, because I
> >> > need access to ubi and other new tools.
> >> > 
> >> > Using the MTD snapshot version seems to be broken - there are no
> >> > snapshots on the ftp.uk.linux.org server any more. Also I think we could
> >> > merge the makefiles for the 2005* and 2006* versions.
> >> > 
> >> > Any comments, thoughts, objections, requests?
> >> 
> >> If you want to work on this, you need to test the result on AT45 dataflash.
> >> Unless you have access to such a target, I suggest you leave the 2006 support there
> >> and add yet another version.
> > 
> > OK. Is AT45 dataflash not working in the current git version, or 1.1.0?
> > Do we need the 2005* version as well, and also the 1.1.0 release which
> > is the latest of the 3 current working options?
> > 
> 
> Have no clue if it is working in the git.
> I know 2005 isn't, but I could not test on a multitude of targets,
> therefore I added 2006 (which works for AT45) but allowed
> people to keep 2005.
> IIRC, There are different directory structures between 2005 and 2006,
> making it hard to share makefiles.
> 
> > I need something from git myself to get access to the ubi tools.
> > 
> 
> Suggest you use a separate makefile for the latest version to avoid trouble.
> AT91 should use 2006 by default.

OK. I was going to remove the snapshot from the 2005* makefile and
create a separate one. That will make it all slightly tidier and
symmetric at least.

Hamish
-- 
Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>

[Buildroot] updating package/mtd

[Ulf Samuelsson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hamish Moffatt" <hamish@cloud.net.au>
To: "Ulf Samuelsson" <ulf.samuelsson@atmel.com>
Cc: <buildroot@uclibc.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] updating package/mtd


> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 09:57:13AM +0100, Ulf Samuelsson wrote:
>> >> > I'm going to update package/mtd to support a newer version, because I
>> >> > need access to ubi and other new tools.
>> >> > 
>> >> > Using the MTD snapshot version seems to be broken - there are no
>> >> > snapshots on the ftp.uk.linux.org server any more. Also I think we could
>> >> > merge the makefiles for the 2005* and 2006* versions.
>> >> > 
>> >> > Any comments, thoughts, objections, requests?
>> >> 
>> >> If you want to work on this, you need to test the result on AT45 dataflash.
>> >> Unless you have access to such a target, I suggest you leave the 2006 support there
>> >> and add yet another version.
>> > 
>> > OK. Is AT45 dataflash not working in the current git version, or 1.1.0?
>> > Do we need the 2005* version as well, and also the 1.1.0 release which
>> > is the latest of the 3 current working options?
>> > 
>> 
>> Have no clue if it is working in the git.
>> I know 2005 isn't, but I could not test on a multitude of targets,
>> therefore I added 2006 (which works for AT45) but allowed
>> people to keep 2005.
>> IIRC, There are different directory structures between 2005 and 2006,
>> making it hard to share makefiles.
>> 
>> > I need something from git myself to get access to the ubi tools.
>> > 
>> 
>> Suggest you use a separate makefile for the latest version to avoid trouble.
>> AT91 should use 2006 by default.
> 
> OK. I was going to remove the snapshot from the 2005* makefile and
> create a separate one. That will make it all slightly tidier and
> symmetric at least.
> 


That makes sense to me.
No need for snapshot support in 2005 or 2006.


Best Regards
Ulf Samuelsson