[U-Boot] Porting UBI fixes (specially fastmap's) to U-Boot

[Heiko Schocher]

Hello Ezequiel,

Am 09.10.2015 um 14:30 schrieb Heiko Schocher:
> Hello Ezequiel,
>
> Am 09.10.2015 um 06:01 schrieb Heiko Schocher:
>> Hello Ezequiel,
>>
>> Am 08.10.2015 um 17:54 schrieb Ezequiel Garcia:
>>> Heiko,
>>>
>>> On 8 October 2015 at 11:54, Heiko Schocher <hs at denx.de> wrote:
>>> [..]
>>>>
>>>> Currently I have a (with warnings) compiled U-Boot with ubi/ubifs
>>>> with linux 4.2 base ... now testing (or tomorrow)
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you share a branch, I can help with some tests here.
>>
>> I pushed my current develop state to:
>>
>> http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot/u-boot-ubi.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ubi_sync_with_linux
>>
>> ! Only for Testing !
>>
>> I tested it on the aristainetos2 board, with fastmap enabled. I was
>> enable to attach the ubi partition on nand flash with the "ubi part .."
>> command. If I have attached a partition and again call "ubi part ..."
>> u-boot hangs currently ... more testing debugging hopefully I can do
>> today. so there is some work for debugging. It would be nice, if you
>> can look into this issue (and of course try ubi on your hw), thanks!
>>
>> And maybe you find time to get rid of the compilerwarnings ;-)
>>
>>> Thanks a lot for the quick work!
>>
>> You are welcome
>
> I just updated the "ubi_sync_with_linux" branch on u-boot-ubi.
>
> It seems UBI/UBIFS now work with the NAND on the aristainetos2
> board, but my stomach says, there are some subtile issues ...
>
> Still needs more testing, also not tested yet UBI on the SPI NOR on
> this board.
>
> If I "nand erase" the mtd device, and try "ubi part ..." it fails
>
> :-(
>
> But If I flash_eraseall under linux the device, and then make
> "ubi part..." in U-Boot, commmand succeeds ...

ping?

Did you had time for some tests?

bye,
Heiko
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