From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 19:59:10 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mtd: Update MTD infrastructure to support 64bit device size In-Reply-To: <200905111838.45552.sr@denx.de> References: <1242050635-7152-1-git-send-email-sr@denx.de> <200905111227.03607.vapier@gentoo.org> <200905111838.45552.sr@denx.de> Message-ID: <20090511175910.E1079832E416@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear Stefan Roese, In message <200905111838.45552.sr@denx.de> you wrote: > > > really wish there was a define to control this. large devices are fine, > > but it sucks when majority of people dont hit this limit. > > What is the drawback of this code version? I have to admit that I didn't > compare code size, but this is the only possible drawback coming to my mind. Can you please make such a comparison? I, too, would like to know how much of a difference that makes - I share Mike's concerns. > And the advantages are big enough from my point of view. Being in sync with > Linux once again not only brings 64bit device size support but removes quite a > lot of bugs from the mtd infrastructure (for example used by UBI). I do understand this - but then, we're a boot loader, and code size is still a top priority here. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it serves as food for every epoch. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche _Miscellaneous Maxims and Opinions_ no. 168