Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: dts: uDPU: update partition table

From: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@bootlin.com>
To: Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>,
	andrew@lunn.ch, sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com,
	robh+dt@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	pali@kernel.org, marek.behun@nic.cz
Cc: Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: dts: uDPU: update partition table
Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 10:47:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mtfrrt2h.fsf@BL-laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220322105857.1107016-1-robert.marko@sartura.hr>

Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr> writes:

> Partition currently called "uboot" does not only contain U-boot, but
> rather it contains TF-A, U-boot and U-boot environment.
>
> So, to avoid accidentally deleting the U-boot environment which is
> located at 0x180000 split the partition.
>
> "uboot" is not the correct name as you can't boot these boards with U-boot
> only, TF-A must be present as well, so rename the "uboot" partition to
> "firmware".
>
> While we are here, describe the NOR node as "spi-flash@0" instead of
> "m25p80@0" which is the old SPI-NOR driver name.
>
> This won't break booting for existing devices as the SoC-s BootROM is not
> partition aware at all, it will simply try booting from 0x0 of the
> boot device that is set by bootstrap pins.
>
> This will however prevent accidental or automated flashing of just U-boot
> to the partition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> * Update the commit description by adressing ABI breaking concerns

Applied on mvebu/dt64

Thanks,

Gregory

> ---
>  arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-3720-uDPU.dts | 13 +++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-3720-uDPU.dts b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-3720-uDPU.dts
> index 95d46e8d081c..ac64949bb53e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-3720-uDPU.dts
> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-3720-uDPU.dts
> @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ &spi0 {
>  	pinctrl-names = "default";
>  	pinctrl-0 = <&spi_quad_pins>;
>  
> -	m25p80@0 {
> +	spi-flash@0 {
>  		compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
>  		reg = <0>;
>  		spi-max-frequency = <54000000>;
> @@ -108,10 +108,15 @@ partitions {
>  			compatible = "fixed-partitions";
>  			#address-cells = <1>;
>  			#size-cells = <1>;
> -			/* only bootloader is located on the SPI */
> +
>  			partition@0 {
> -				label = "uboot";
> -				reg = <0 0x400000>;
> +				label = "firmware";
> +				reg = <0x0 0x180000>;
> +			};
> +
> +			partition@180000 {
> +				label = "u-boot-env";
> +				reg = <0x180000 0x10000>;
>  			};
>  		};
>  	};
> -- 
> 2.35.1
>

-- 
Gregory Clement, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://bootlin.com

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