[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/3] usb: gadget: fastboot miscellaneous patches

Lukasz Majewski
2014-10-06T17:00:26Z

Hi Marek,

> On Monday, October 06, 2014 at 11:23:53 AM, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> > Hi Marek,
> >
> > > On Wednesday, October 01, 2014 at 10:44:46 PM, Steve Rae wrote:
> > > > On 14-10-01 05:13 AM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday, October 01, 2014 at 04:03:21 AM, Eric Nelson
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >> Hi Marek,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On 09/30/2014 04:59 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > >>> On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 09:47:07 PM, Eric Nelson
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> wrote:
> > > > >>>> Hi Marek,
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> On 09/30/2014 12:37 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > > >>>>> On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 09:05:39 PM, Eric Nelson
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>> While trying to configure Nitrogen6X boards to use
> > > > >>>>>> Android Fastboot, I found a number of places where the
> > > > >>>>>> implementation doesn't appear to match the latest host
> > > > >>>>>> tools on AOSP.
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> Eric Nelson (3):
> > > > >>>>>> usb: gadget: fastboot: add max-download-size variable
> > > > >>>>>> usb: gadget: fastboot: explicitly set radix of maximum
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> download size usb: gadget: fastboot: terminate commands
> > > > >>>>>> with NULL
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Just to make sure, are those fixes for 2014.10 or new
> > > > >>>>> stuff for next ?
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> These patches are against master, but should apply against
> > > > >>>> usb/next and dfu/next and "next" is fine for us.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> 3/3 looks like a bugfix though. Is that a bugfix ?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I wasn't able to get fastboot to do much of anything without
> > > > >> all three.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> -- lack of max-download-size simply stopped downloads
> > > > >> -- the missing radix caused my host to think that the
> > > > >> 0x07000000 size (copied from Beagle) was 1.8 MiB instead of
> > > > >> 100+ MiB. -- the lack of termination showed up as a request
> > > > >> to download a **huge** image when I tried to send
> > > > >> u-boot.imx. I think I got lucky that the next characters in
> > > > >> the buffer looked like hex digits.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I suspect that others are either holding on to some local
> > > > >> patches or are perhaps using old versions of the Fastboot
> > > > >> host program.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> After applying all three, I was able to configure for
> > > > >> flashing on an MMC device, but I don't have anything
> > > > >> configured to use EFI partitions, so there's no immediate
> > > > >> route to usage for us.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I'd really like to be able to "fastboot flash bootloader
> > > > >> u-boot.imx" and program SPI-NOR and also be able to boot a
> > > > >> kernel and RAM disk using "fastboot boot uImage
> > > > >> uramdisk.img", but neither of them seems very close. The
> > > > >> first needs some more structure, and the latter seemed to
> > > > >> decide its' own address for the kernel and simply ignore the
> > > > >> RAM disk.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I have the sense that this code is pretty much a work in
> > > > >> progress, but I'd like to hear otherwise from those who have
> > > > >> used it.
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, so let's wait for the others' opinions.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > Marek Vasut
> > > >
> > > > I would recommend 1/3 & 2/3 for 2014.10 (I'm not certain about
> > > > 3/3 because I don't think that it can actually occur on my
> > > > boards....) Thanks, Steve
> > >
> > > OK, Lukasz, do you want to send me a PR with those two ?
> >
> > There aren't any pending DFU patches, so I don't plan any PR before
> > our ELCE2014 meeting.
> >
> > Therefore please, if possible, pull 1/3 and 2/3 to u-boot-usb
> > directly.
>
> OK, done. Would you please keep an eye on 3/3 for me ?

Ok. No problem (If I would be added to CC).

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Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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