On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * Teresa Remmet <t.remmet@xxxxxxxxx> [170106 01:28]: >> Hello Brian, >> >> Am Donnerstag, den 05.01.2017, 09:56 -0800 schrieb Brian Norris: >> > On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 09:18:45AM -0800, Tony Lindgren wrote: >> > > >> > > * Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> [170105 07:37]: >> > > > >> > > > * Teresa Remmet <t.remmet@xxxxxxxxx> [170105 06:57]: >> > > > > >> > > > > To improve NAND safety we updated the partition layout. >> > > > > Added barebox backup partition and removed kernel and oftree >> > > > > partition. They are kept in ubi now. >> > > > What about the users with earlier partition tables? >> > > > >> > > > Please read about "flag day" changes, typically they are not >> > > > acceptable. >> > > Adding Brian and Adam to Cc. Can you guys come up with some >> > > solution on this? >> > I don't have much context for this thread, and no I don't plan to >> > solve >> > your problems for you. But I can provide tips! >> > >> > > >> > > I'm suggesting we leave the kernel nodes empty and let u-boot >> > > populate them, so maybe you guys can discuss this on the related >> > > lists. >> > That's an option. I've worked with platforms that did something like >> > this, and that's really one of the only ways you can handle putting >> > partition information in the device tree. You're really hamstringing >> > yourself when you put all the partition information in the device >> > tree. >> > And it's just dumb once that gets codified in the kernel source tree. >> > >> >> In our case the bootloader does pass the partition table to the kernel. >> So it gets overwritten anyway. This was just more for backup, >> if someone uses a different bootloader. But I'm fine with removing the >> nand partition table completely from the kernel device tree. >> Same with the SPI nor partition table. >> >> I will send patches for this. > > OK thanks! Also thank you Brian for your comments. > Tony - I tested leaving the partition info as-is with the updates from the bootloader and it works. Would you prefer that I match Brian and remove the partition table completely, or should I just leave my board alone? I am good either way. > Regards, > > Tony adam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
