From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Santosh Shilimkar Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] ARM: dts: keystone-k2*: Increase SPI Flash partition size for U-Boot Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 09:01:58 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20161010141141.21333-1-vigneshr@ti.com> <20161010143144.GB1041@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20161010143144.GB1041-l+eeeJia6m9URfEZ8mYm6t73F7V6hmMc@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Vignesh R Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux , Santosh Shilimkar , devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Rob Herring , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org Vignesh, On 10/10/2016 7:31 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 07:41:41PM +0530, Vignesh R wrote: >> U-Boot SPI Boot image is now more than 512KB for Keystone2 devices and >> cannot fit into existing partition. So, increase the SPI Flash partition >> for U-Boot to 1MB for all Keystone2 devices. >> >> Signed-off-by: Vignesh R >> --- >> >> This was submitted to v4.9 merge window but was never picked up: >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9135023/ Another point is, if you want me to pick your patch, please copy me next time :-). AFAIK, am seeing this patch in my inbox first time. > > I think you need to explain why it's safe to change the layout of the > flash partitions like this. > > - What is this "misc" partition? > > - Why is it safe to move the "misc" partition in this way? > > - Do users need to do anything with data stored in the "misc" partition > when changing kernels? > > If the "misc" partition is simply unused space on the flash device, why > list it in DT? > Thanks Russell. Yes, above clarification would be good to get first. -- 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