On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 11:16:47AM +0100, Teresa Gámez wrote:
> Hello Sascha,
>
> Am Dienstag, den 09.12.2014, 10:13 +0100 schrieb Sascha Hauer:
> > Hi Teresa,
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 10:59:49AM +0100, Teresa Gámez wrote:
> > > Increase kernel partition to end of SPI NOR.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Teresa Gámez <t.gamez@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > arch/arm/dts/am335x-phytec-phyflex.dts | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/am335x-phytec-phyflex.dts b/arch/arm/dts/am335x-phytec-phyflex.dts
> > > index c4481f5..0de7e87 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm/dts/am335x-phytec-phyflex.dts
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/dts/am335x-phytec-phyflex.dts
> > > @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
> > >
> > > partition@4 {
> > > label = "kernel";
> > > - reg = <0xe0000 0x400000>;
> > > + reg = <0xe0000 0x0>;
> > > };
> >
> > I wasn't aware barebox handles this case like you intend here. What
> > about the kernel? Won't you end up with a zero sized partition there?
>
> have a look at include/linux/mtd/partitions.h in the linux kernel.
>
> There is a macro defined
> #define MTDPART_SIZ_FULL (0)
>
> And the comment above says:
> size: the partition size; if defined as MTDPART_SIZ_FULL, the partition
> will extend to the end of the master MTD device.
>
> This works fine for kernel and barebox.
Oh nice, didn't know that. In this case consider your patches applied.
Sascha
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