Re: [PATCH 2/4] ARM: dt: mvebu: ix4-300d: move partitions to partition sub-node

From: Sebastian Hesselbarth
Date: Sat Nov 28 2015 - 12:38:36 EST


On 28.11.2015 18:00, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 12:14:06PM +0100, Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
>> NAND flash partitions should be part of a partitions sub-node
>> not the flash node itself. Move the partitions which will also
>> allow different bootloaders get rid of the stock partitions
>> easily by removing the partitions node.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Humm, did not know that. Quoting Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt:
>
> The partition table should be a subnode of the mtd node and
> should be named 'partitions'. Partitions are defined in subnodes
> of the partitions node.
>
> For backwards compatibility partitions as direct subnodes of the
> mtd device are supported. This use is discouraged.
>
> It also looks like none of the other MVEBU maintainers know that
> either, since a quick look at the .dts files shows very few have a
> partitions node.

Me neither, Linus Walleij's latest contribution to the pogoplug
series showed it to me. And while I am working on barebox support
for the ix4, I always wanted to remove the stock partitions easily.

Barebox always uses internal registers at 0xf1000000 so it will
never boot that stupid stock kernel that depends on 0xd0000000
registers.

> Acked-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks
> Andrew

ditto ;)

Sebastian

>> ---
>> Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Benoit Masson <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ---
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-lenovo-ix4-300d.dts | 67 +++++++++++++------------
>> 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-lenovo-ix4-300d.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-lenovo-ix4-300d.dts
>> index 30a0a6eac645..76781fd18624 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-lenovo-ix4-300d.dts
>> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp-lenovo-ix4-300d.dts
>> @@ -151,37 +151,42 @@
>> marvell,nand-enable-arbiter;
>> nand-on-flash-bbt;
>>
>> - partition@0 {
>> - label = "u-boot";
>> - reg = <0x0000000 0xe0000>;
>> - read-only;
>> - };
>> -
>> - partition@e0000 {
>> - label = "u-boot-env";
>> - reg = <0xe0000 0x20000>;
>> - read-only;
>> - };
>> -
>> - partition@100000 {
>> - label = "u-boot-env2";
>> - reg = <0x100000 0x20000>;
>> - read-only;
>> - };
>> -
>> - partition@120000 {
>> - label = "zImage";
>> - reg = <0x120000 0x400000>;
>> - };
>> -
>> - partition@520000 {
>> - label = "initrd";
>> - reg = <0x520000 0x400000>;
>> - };
>> -
>> - partition@xE00000 {
>> - label = "boot";
>> - reg = <0xE00000 0x3F200000>;
>> + partitions {
>> + #address-cells = <1>;
>> + #size-cells = <1>;
>> +
>> + partition@0 {
>> + label = "u-boot";
>> + reg = <0x0000000 0xe0000>;
>> + read-only;
>> + };
>> +
>> + partition@e0000 {
>> + label = "u-boot-env";
>> + reg = <0xe0000 0x20000>;
>> + read-only;
>> + };
>> +
>> + partition@100000 {
>> + label = "u-boot-env2";
>> + reg = <0x100000 0x20000>;
>> + read-only;
>> + };
>> +
>> + partition@120000 {
>> + label = "zImage";
>> + reg = <0x120000 0x400000>;
>> + };
>> +
>> + partition@520000 {
>> + label = "initrd";
>> + reg = <0x520000 0x400000>;
>> + };
>> +
>> + partition@xE00000 {
>> + label = "boot";
>> + reg = <0xE00000 0x3F200000>;
>> + };
>> };
>> };
>> };
>> --
>> 2.1.4
>>


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