[U-Boot] Resync NAND framework with Linux?

[Masahiro Yamada]

Hi Heiko

2017-08-28 15:37 GMT+09:00 Heiko Schocher <hs at denx.de>:
> Hello Masahiro,
>
> Am 25.08.2017 um 13:19 schrieb Masahiro Yamada:
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> It is more than one year since the last re-sync.
>> https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2016-May/256464.html
>>
>>
>> Any plan for re-sync?
>>
>>
>>
>> My main motivation is to update denali.c
>>
>> Recently, I reworked the denali driver in Linux
>> (thanks to Boris for the review!)
>>
>> The U-Boot variant driver does not work
>> on some of my boards, so I need to fix it as well.
>>
>> I would be nice to import my efforts from Linux,
>> but some hooks / helpers are missing in the framework.
>
>
> I think a rebase with linux would be nice, but is it enough to
> resync NAND only? ... or do you mean a MTD re-sync?


My main interest is NAND, but the whole MTD resync would be nicer.


> Also resync UBI/UBIFS with current linux version would be a nice
> idea, but I have not found time for it, and nobody seems to need
> it ... also I have no good testsetup yet handy for trying it fast.
>
> So, sorry, I have no plan for doing such a rebase ...
>
> Not an unsolvable job, but it needs time and particularly good testing.


I do not have enough time either.

If nobody does this, I will cherry pick some commits.