[PATCH 1/2] cfa-10036: Use the second MMC partition to store the environment
Maxime Ripard
maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com
Wed Feb 13 11:45:17 EST 2013
Since the only storage medium on the cfa-10036 is the MMC card, we need
to have a registered environment partition on it if we want to be able
to modify at runtime.
Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com>
---
arch/arm/boards/crystalfontz-cfa10036/cfa10036.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/crystalfontz-cfa10036/cfa10036.c b/arch/arm/boards/crystalfontz-cfa10036/cfa10036.c
index b59dbab..1821b10 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/crystalfontz-cfa10036/cfa10036.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/crystalfontz-cfa10036/cfa10036.c
@@ -97,9 +97,46 @@ static int cfa10036_mem_init(void)
}
mem_initcall(cfa10036_mem_init);
+/**
+ * Try to register an environment storage on the attached MCI card
+ * @return 0 on success
+ *
+ * We rely on the existence of a usable SD card, already attached to
+ * our system, to get something like a persistent memory for our environment.
+ * If this SD card is also the boot media, we can use the second partition
+ * for our environment purpose (if present!).
+ */
+static int register_persistant_environment(void)
+{
+ struct cdev *cdev;
+
+ /*
+ * The CFA-10036 only has one MCI card socket.
+ * So, we expect its name as "disk0".
+ */
+ cdev = cdev_by_name("disk0");
+ if (cdev == NULL) {
+ pr_err("No SD card found\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
+ /* MCI card is present, also a useable partition on it? */
+ cdev = cdev_by_name("disk0.1");
+ if (cdev == NULL) {
+ pr_err("No second partition available\n");
+ pr_info("Please create at least a second partition with"
+ " 256 kiB...512 kiB in size (your choice)\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
+ /* use the full partition as our persistent environment storage */
+ return devfs_add_partition("disk0.1", 0, cdev->size,
+ DEVFS_PARTITION_FIXED, "env0");
+}
+
static int cfa10036_devices_init(void)
{
- int i;
+ int i, ret;
/* initizalize muxing */
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cfa10036_pads); i++)
@@ -124,6 +161,11 @@ static int cfa10036_devices_init(void)
cfa10036_detect_hw();
+ ret = register_persistant_environment();
+ if (ret != 0)
+ printf("Cannot create the 'env0' persistant "
+ "environment storage (%d)\n", ret);
+
return 0;
}
device_initcall(cfa10036_devices_init);
--
1.7.10.4
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