[PATCH 3/3] ARM: Add support for IXP4xx CPU and for Goramo Multilink router platform.

Krzysztof Halasa khc at pm.waw.pl
Sun Jan 9 07:03:18 EST 2011


Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com> writes:

> a simple link will be enough so the cramfs is the best solution, I think
> so no data duplication and it will be more easy to update and maintain
>
> And we do not have to known the size of the firmware in barebox just the fs
> location so more easy to update barebox

Agreed. For this I have to be able to set an env variable (then
read-only) from within the board code. How do I do it? Or should I write
this code myself?

> I'm working a the fs support for the env with the idea to have a ro part
> but I need more time to finish it.

Yeah, though it seems a pure cramfs is better suited to my needs anyway,
microcode isn't variable.

> for the size increasement it's impact is cover by the non data duplication
> and will be reduce againt with the envfs

Not a factor for me.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa



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