[PATCH v2] misc: fs_loader: Add QSPI RAW partition loading support

[Marek Vasut]

On 8/20/25 1:35 PM, Ravulapalli, Naresh Kumar wrote:
> Hi Marek
> 
> On 20-Aug-25 4:56 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>
>> On 8/20/25 1:20 PM, Ravulapalli, Naresh Kumar wrote:
>>> Hi Marek
>>>
>>> On 20-Aug-25 2:27 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 8/20/25 9:53 AM, Naresh Kumar Ravulapalli wrote:
>>>>> Enhanced the generic firmware loader to support QSPI RAW partition
>>>>> loading. This would enable FPGA configuration bitstream loading
>>>>> from QSPI RAW partition to program FPGA.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Tien Fong Chee <tien.fong.chee at altera.com>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Naresh Kumar Ravulapalli
>>>>> <nareshkumar.ravulapalli at altera.com>
>>>>
>>>> Why not load from UBI on SPI NOR ?
>>>
>>> It is to avoid the storage overhead for metadata and management
>>> for devices with flash constraints.
>>
>> What about data integrity , iirc UBI gives you built-in checksums.
>>
> 
> Agree, UBI supports bad block management and other advantages. But
> the objective here is to support RAW partition for flash constraint
> devices.
How is integrity of the data in flash handled in this case ?