From: Brian Norris <computersforpeace-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert-Td1EMuHUCqxL1ZNQvxDV9g@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:33:49 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151212013349.GA86087@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdV-uethsChWVZGSx1JNcAofODmg14ppGYJP2ewfwhEv1Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 09:44:37AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Brian Norris
> <computersforpeace-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > IOW, I wouldn't expect MBR or GPT to work well on large raw NAND flash,
> > and so I don't plan to do that sort of work myself. If you can provide
> > some better argument for it, and some nice maintainable code to go with
> > it, then of course it could be considered :)
>
> There's also NOR FLASH (e.g. SPI-NOR), which is what most boards I'm
> working on have.
OK. But these flash are often used for the boot firmware, no? And then,
does the boot code have to be provided at one end of the flash (e.g.,
bottom)? If so, then something like MBR or GPT will likely not apply,
since they reserve the first (and sometimes last) blocks of the medium.
Brian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-12 1:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-05 5:19 [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Brian Norris
2015-12-05 5:19 ` [RFC PATCH 1/7] mtd: move partition parsers to drivers/mtd/partitions/ Brian Norris
2015-12-05 5:19 ` [RFC PATCH 2/7] mtd: move partition parsers' Kconfig under a sub-menu Brian Norris
2015-12-05 5:19 ` [RFC PATCH 4/7] mtd: add of_match_mtd_parser() and of_mtd_match_mtd_parser() helpers Brian Norris
[not found] ` <1449292763-129421-5-git-send-email-computersforpeace-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-07 2:45 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <CAL_JsqLV1mDpW9tD0XjWRxZSSsYuDiqHbuADQmBUtACgYiHJ+w-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-07 18:13 ` Brian Norris
[not found] ` <20151207181308.GN120110-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-07 19:00 ` Rob Herring
[not found] ` <1449292763-129421-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-05 5:19 ` [RFC PATCH 3/7] doc: dt: mtd: partition: add on-flash format binding Brian Norris
[not found] ` <1449292763-129421-4-git-send-email-computersforpeace-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-05 11:39 ` Jonas Gorski
[not found] ` <CAOiHx=nz2bdA_R610ozsQHhccdcrHVVCamTtne5ReHrA-FcaaQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-05 21:33 ` Michal Suchanek
[not found] ` <CAOMqctTbUNd0GtY07YJuxem9HkU1WZ-NtO556=Yg2QrsF49Xjw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-07 1:36 ` David Gibson
[not found] ` <20151207013628.GC20139-RXTfZT5YzpxwFLYp8hBm2A@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-10 20:43 ` Brian Norris
[not found] ` <20151210204324.GK144338-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-11 15:58 ` Michal Suchanek
2015-12-12 5:51 ` David Gibson
[not found] ` <20151212055105.GA17011-RXTfZT5YzpxwFLYp8hBm2A@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-14 10:22 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
[not found] ` <CAMuHMdXA4-BZpvtCM8_9fYWLzoVsuCXDqvF3G4cVd50Cqsfv0g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-14 12:28 ` Michal Suchanek
2015-12-15 6:00 ` David Gibson
[not found] ` <20151215060056.GB3011-1s0os16eZneny3qCrzbmXA@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-15 10:03 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-12-17 1:05 ` David Gibson
2015-12-07 3:07 ` Rob Herring
2015-12-05 5:19 ` [RFC PATCH 5/7] mtd: partitions: factor out "match by name" handling Brian Norris
2015-12-05 10:15 ` [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Geert Uytterhoeven
[not found] ` <CAMuHMdUJXHs_OhT0da+kzc=D4MOFUT9BB3eJ+7a_p6DYx-PKBA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-05 18:06 ` Michal Suchanek
2015-12-10 20:54 ` Brian Norris
[not found] ` <20151210205449.GL144338-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-11 8:44 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
[not found] ` <CAMuHMdV-uethsChWVZGSx1JNcAofODmg14ppGYJP2ewfwhEv1Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-11 15:34 ` Michal Suchanek
[not found] ` <CAOMqctQVMCEa_k4xMW1qooEpe8X1-NhUOjD6pp0qJpDP_H+8hw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-11 16:00 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
[not found] ` <CAMuHMdV2feXKWkJzRkMUBiAUCxp4LwaRgg+aPYwm0sUnKzm0Rg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-11 16:18 ` Michal Suchanek
2015-12-12 1:33 ` Brian Norris [this message]
[not found] ` <20151212013349.GA86087-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-14 10:15 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-12-05 5:19 ` [RFC PATCH 6/7] RFC: mtd: partitions: enable of_match_table matching Brian Norris
2015-12-05 5:19 ` [RFC PATCH 7/7] mtd: partitions: add Google's FMAP partition parser Brian Norris
2015-12-05 11:35 ` [RFC PATCH 0/7] mtd: partitions: add of_match_table support Jonas Gorski
[not found] ` <CAOiHx==8TFK9t4h2C0Q+j==nuRP3EbyVa+nuYuSEj_LCDa820Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-10 21:06 ` Brian Norris
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