[U-Boot] mtdparts fails with NAND >= 4GB

Aaron Williams Aaron.Williams at caviumnetworks.com
Fri Jan 28 02:14:15 CET 2011


I'll probably have something later today.  I got it working with an earlier 
version of u-boot though it hasn't been thoroughly tested.

-Aaron

On Thursday, January 27, 2011 05:06:09 pm Scott Wood wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:24:31 -0800
> 
> Aaron Williams <Aaron.Williams at caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > It looks like the mtd partitioning code fails if the flash size exceeds a
> > u32. I am working with an 8GB flash chip on our board and was wondering
> > if anyone else has any experience with MTD with a chip this large?
> 
> There's been some effort to make the U-Boot NAND code work with large
> devices, but it's not complete.  Patches to take care of the rest of
> the problem spots are welcome, especially if you have hardware to
> test.
> 
> -Scott


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