[U-Boot] [PATCH] mtd: Update MTD infrastructure to support 64bit device size

[Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>]

On Tuesday 12 May 2009 00:39:24 Stefan Roese wrote:
> On Monday 11 May 2009 19:59:10 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> > > > really wish there was a define to control this.  large devices are
> > > > fine, but it sucks when majority of people dont hit this limit.
> > >
> > > What is the drawback of this code version? I have to admit that I
> > > didn't compare code size, but this is the only possible drawback coming
> > > to my mind.
> >
> > Can you please make such a comparison? I, too, would like to know how
> > much of a difference that makes - I share Mike's concerns.
>
> OK, here we go:
>
> Canyonlands (using NAND) without this patch:
>
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>  339324   20044  336384  695752   a9dc8 ./u-boot
>
> and with this patch:
>
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>  339796   20044  336384  696224   a9fa0 ./u-boot
>
> So it's 472 bytes on this platform.

doesnt sound like it's worth the hassle to me.  thanks for testing a bit.
-mike