[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/6] ATSTK1000 LCD panel support

[Eirik Aanonsen]

>The following series adds support for the LCD panel on the ATSTK1000.
>To use this, you must first apply both of the following series:
>
>http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2008-September/039826.html
>http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2008-September/039833.html
>
>I'm a bit unsure what to do about this. While I certainly want LCD
>support out of the box on all boards that support it, this patchset
>brings the U-Boot image size dangerously close to 128k, which is the
>space we currently have available with the current MTD partitioning
>layout hardcoded into the kernel. With NAND flash support added on top
>of this, the ATSTK1006 image ends up at almost 150k, and there are
>still other features I'd like to support in the future, e.g. libfdt,
>Hush parser, USB, etc.
>
>So this means I can either merge this as-is but disabled by default
>(which is bad from a testing perspective), disable some other
>features, or change the partitioning. Doing the latter will also make
>it possible to introduce redundant environment, but it means current
>kernels will break.
>
>Since the ATSTK1000 doesn't actually ship with a filesystem in flash
>by default, the breakage will probably be limited to a handful of
>customized boards, but people who have done this kind of customization
>probably won't like that the flash layout changes behind their back.
>
>What do everyone think about this? Is redundant environment and a
>boatload of features worth breaking compatibility with current
>kernels?
>
>Haavard
>

I would prefer more testing over user/developer compability.

But if you resize the partition for u-boot be sure to resize to 256k and
not 192k, since this would cause a lot more problems than needed for us
using flash chips with 128k block size. Not a big problem but an issue.

I would love to see USB support implemented.

Regards 
Eirik Aanonsen