On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 08:53:45AM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 06:47:36AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > (aside: i'm digging into device trees in barebox and will certainly > > have a number of questions shortly so i can write some tutorials for > > an upcoming class, but i'll start simple.) > > > > i'm particularly interested in configuring and building barebox for > > my beaglebone black (henceforth "BBB"), and i can see all of the .dts* > > support files under arch/arm/dts/, but a simple question -- the *new* > > BBB has upgraded from 2G of eMMC to 4G eMMC, but i don't see that > > mentioned anywhere in those .dts files. does that property need to be > > mentioned, or is that simply autodetected by the kernel at boot time? > > eMMC size is autodetected by barebox and the kernel. In the end it's > just a MMC/SD card. > btw.: that's why eMMC is evil. Raw-Flash: Disadvantage: - you can't replace it. Advantage: - no mcu in the middle, access the raw Flash. - MMC/SD: Disadvantage: - mcu in the middle, abstract block device. OS doesn't know about this. Advantage: - you can replace it. Combines these Disadvantage and Advantage you will get: Disadvantage: - mcu in the middle, abstract block device. OS doesn't know about this. - you can't replace it. Advantage: - maybe a little bit cheaper... - maybe avoid some bad connections (never expired by using sd cards) For the marketing you can say if your eMMC is broken, then buy a new complete board. This kind of marketing is very bad. :-( - Alex _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
