Re: [PATCH 0/8] Convert Netgear WNR854T to devicetree

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Hi Jamie,

On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 11:20:56 +0200, Jamie Lentin <jm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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* Use Flash partition scheme from original netgear Linux image (but
keeping the uboot/uboot_env split) instead of the partition scheme from
the old non-DT support, which didn't match either Netgear's layout,
u-boot or openWRT. NB: I've no copy of the original flash contents
(Netgear's firmware images only contain a squashfs image of the rootfs),
so I can't confirm the other partitions are accurately named.

Both the factory layout and OpenWrt's changed a few times - the later just to accommodate bigger kernels. Some factory firmwares did include a kernel update, too.

I would suggest staying with the OpenWrt layour (maybe increase again the size of the kernel partition):
- the bootloader loads the kernel from JFFS2
- most of the partitions in the factory firmware are empty
- the factory layout gives you almost no space to play with

But this is up to you now :)


Best,

Imre
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