[Buildroot] updating package/mtd

[Hamish Moffatt <hamish@cloud.net.au>]

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