On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:05:00 +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> A common optimization for flashing is to skip gaps between partitions
> and only flash actual data. The problem with that is that data from
> the previous installation may persist and confuse later software, e.g.
> an existing barebox state partition not contained in the image may
> survive, when the expectation is that a new state is created.
>
> eMMCs can support three different commands for erasing data:
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[01/10] fs: give erase() a new erase_type parameter
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=25dcd56dcbdb (link may not be stable)
[02/10] cdev: factor out range identical/overlap check
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=daef9e140040 (link may not be stable)
[03/10] block: factor out chunk_flush helper
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=ea2ec31597a6 (link may not be stable)
[04/10] block: allow block devices to implement the cdev erase operation
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=6d91caf4c2d6 (link may not be stable)
[05/10] mci: turn bool members into bitfield in struct mci
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=1ded5de0109b (link may not be stable)
[06/10] mci: describe more command structure in mci.h
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=72fabfcbe197 (link may not be stable)
[07/10] mci: core: use CONFIG_MCI_WRITE, not CONFIG_BLOCK_WRITE
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=12b96aadefaa (link may not be stable)
[08/10] mci: add support for discarding write blocks
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=96551caab87c (link may not be stable)
[09/10] commands: sync: add new command to flush cached writes
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=f858d511f1bb (link may not be stable)
[10/10] commands: blkstats: add command to print block device statistics
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=4dfa47cd5d44 (link may not be stable)
Best regards,
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Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
