[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] sunxi: binman: Add U-Boot binary size check

[Maxime Ripard]

Hi Frank,

On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 04:53:54PM +0100, Frank Kunz wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 19. Oktober 2017, 16:04:18 CET schrieb Maxime Ripard:
> > The U-boot binary may trip over its actual allocated size in the storage.
> > In such a case, the environment will not be readable anymore (because
> > corrupted when the new image was flashed), and any attempt at using saveenv
> > to reconstruct the environment will result in a corrupted U-boot binary.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/dts/sunxi-u-boot.dtsi | 11 +++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> I found that this patch causes the sunxi-fel tool to fail with:
> 
> sunxi-fel uboot u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin
> U-Boot image data size mismatch: expected 516032, got 389212
> 
> Is there a patch for the sunxi tools missing?

No, because no one reported it so far.

Can you test with:
http://code.bulix.org/mb0ic7-221765?raw

You'll need the zlib development files installed.

Maxime

-- 
Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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