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

[Ezequiel Garcia]

On 16 October 2015 at 04:56, Heiko Schocher <hs at denx.de> wrote:
> 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?
>

Just got back from a trip...

> Did you had time for some tests?
>

...so it will take me some time to get to this. Still it's
on the top of my list, so I'll try to work on this as soon
as possible.
-- 
Ezequiel García, VanguardiaSur
www.vanguardiasur.com.ar