[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 0/4] sunxi: nand: Basic NAND driver for SPL

[Stefan Roese]

Hi Hans,

On 20.08.2015 15:42, Hans de Goede wrote:
>> Okay, this driver SPL NAND is now integrated in mainline. Great.
>>
>> But how about NAND support for the main U-Boot (load Linux from NAND
>> etc.)? It seems to be missing. Is somebody working on this?
>
> Yes, see:
>
> https://github.com/NextThingCo/CHIP-u-boot
> https://github.com/jwrdegoede/u-boot-sunxi/commits/sunxi-nand-wip

Thanks.

>  > Whats the current status here?
>
> We want to use the Linux kernel code for the main U-Boot, which
> is not fully upstream yet (and will likely not be for a while)
> as it needs per partition config (ecc / scrambler) settings, as
> well as merging of scrambler support into the upstream kernel first.

Ah, right. I remember seeing some mails on this.

> We will likely have a u-boot branch with this working soon-ish,

That sounds interesting. I will probably start with NAND on an A20
board in the next 1-2 weeks. And will get back to you by then.

> but getting this merged is a different story.

Right. Perhaps when we combine our "forces" this might be easier...

Thanks,
Stefan