[U-Boot] Question on fitupd

[Simon Glass]

+Jagan, Lukasz

Hi Brian,

On 19 August 2015 at 15:07,  <Brian_Brelsford at dell.com> wrote:
> Dell Customer Communication
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> PURPOSE:
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> This email is with respect to the  “fitupd” command.
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> In looking at the source in the current u-boot tree,  fitupd supports a NOR
> flash only.
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> OUR GOAL:
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> We would like to expand fitupd to be able to flash a SPI NOR,  and  MMC
> block devices.
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> This would require support for,   file writes (ex. ext4write),  raw block
> writes (ex.   mmc write),  etc.
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> Our design also supports a master boot record with two bootable partitions.
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> QUESTIONS:
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> Is expanding fitupd support for block devices a desirable feature to
> contribute back?
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> Is this something that the u-boot projects would want?
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> Would you want this in the  ../common   path for everyone to have access to?
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> Or,  prefer that this support be added to    ../board/<mystuff>/    for our
> unique support only?
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> I am leaving out all the details for now,    we are first trying to
> understand the general direction we should go.
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> Thank you for any advice in this area.
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> Brian Brelsford

This sounds useful to me. I added a few people on CC you may have more thoughts.

It would be good if this could somehow use driver model, but it would
need some thought.

Regards,
Simon