[PATCH v2 1/1] dfu: remove UPDATE_TFTP

[Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>]

Hi Marek,

> On 8/28/20 11:11 AM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> > On 28.08.20 10:42, Marek Vasut wrote:  
> >> On 8/28/20 4:32 AM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:  
> >>> On 7/21/20 8:02 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:  
> >>>> Using UPDATE_TFTP the firmware can be updated from TFTP by
> >>>> writing to NOR flash. The same is possible by defining a dfu
> >>>> command in CONFIG_PREBOOT.
> >>>>
> >>>> The dfu command cannot only write to NOR but also to other
> >>>> devices. In README.dfutfp UPDATE_TFTP has been marked as
> >>>> deprecated. It is not used by any board.
> >>>>
> >>>> Remove TFTP update via CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP.
> >>>>
> >>>> Adjust the documentation.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> v2:
> >>>> 	rework the documentation  
> >>>
> >>> On 8/28/20 12:17 AM, Marek Vasut wrote (in reply to a pull
> >>> request):  
> >>>> Also note that the UPDATE_TFTP is being actively used, why is it
> >>>> removed here and this late in rc3 ? I think these patches should
> >>>> really be postponed until after the release.  
> >>>
> >>> Hello Marek,  
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>  
> >>> do you see a problem in principal with the removal of UPDATE_TFTP
> >>> which is redundant to what you can do with DFU or is it only the
> >>> timing issue?  
> >>
> >> I don't see how it is redundant. The usecase I see is a fitImage
> >> which contains the update fragments is applied with a single
> >> command this way. I don't see a suitable replacement.
> >>  
> > 
> > Hello Marek,
> > 
> > CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP=y does not support any command except the dfu
> > tftp command which is not changed by this patch.
> > 
> > CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP=y further activates updating NOR flash by reading
> > from a tftp server on every boot without any user control. Other
> > target media are not supported. This is what is removed by the
> > patch. And this is what can be replaced using preboot.
> > 
> > I could not find a single config that uses UPDATE_TFTP. So where is
> > this automated update of NOR flash really used?  
> 
> I have it enabled on boards where it cannot be enabled upstream (for
> various reasons), the following is enabled there:
> 
> CONFIG_CMD_DFU=y
> CONFIG_CMD_FITUPD=y
> CONFIG_DFU_RAM=y
> CONFIG_DFU_TFTP=y
> CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP=y

Marek, could you share those reasons? And why above CONFIG* options
cannot be set in the upstream?

It is the often practice to grep sources to look for "dead" configs
(i.e. those which are not referenced on any board) and then remove
features on this basis.


Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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