On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 2:54 PM, Marek Vasut [off-list ref] wrote:

On 07/21/2018 11:47 PM, Olof Johansson wrote:

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Hi,

Hi,

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On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 3:11 AM, Marek Vasut [off-list ref] wrote:

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Drop the MTD partitioning from DT, since it does not describe HW
and to give way to a more flexible kernel command line partition
passing.

To retain the original partitioning, assure you have enabled
CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS in your kernel config and add the
following to your kernel command line:

lager:   mtdparts=spi0.0:256k(loader),4m(user),-(flash)
stout:   mtdparts=spi0.0:512k(loader),256k(uboot),256k(uboot-env),-(flash)
koelsch: mtdparts=spi0.0:512k(loader),5632k(user),-(flash)
porter:  mtdparts=spi0.0:256k(loader_prg),4m(user_prg),-(flash_fs)
wheat:   mtdparts=spi0.0:256k(loader),4m(user),-(flash)
gose:    mtdparts=spi0.0:256k(loader),4m(user),-(flash)
alt:     mtdparts=spi0.0:256k(loader),256k(system),-(user)
silk:    mtdparts=spi0.0:256k(loader),4m(user),-(flash)

Having to specify on command line is such a nasty hack. I wish we
could remove that, and at the very least not add it for anything new.

Do you have a better suggestion ?

Yes, keep it in DT.

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You end up with user space tools trying to parse the kernel command
line to figure out what's on the flash, and other really bad habits.
:(

You should just read /proc/mtd , see
http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/general.html

Sure, I know that but not everybody does, and they do it in bad ways
if given the opportunity.

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I'd strongly advice you to keep this in the board files, unless you
have an actual real motivation for changing it. This patch does not
provide one.

Partitioning is not hardware description, it should not be in DT.

Read my reply again. It's part of _platform_ description, and belongs in DT.


-Olof