[LEDE-DEV] gateworks patches in the tree

[Thomas Endt]

Sidenote: Gateworks devices are the same in the OpenWrt as in the LEDE ToH.
https://lede-project.org/toh/start?dataflt%5BBrand*%7E%5D=gatewo
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start?dataflt%5BBrand*%7E%5D=gatewo

The reason why there are less devices listed with "snapshot" in the LEDE
ToH:
No firmware file listed for them, see
https://lede-project.org/toh/views/toh_fwdownload2?dataflt%5BBrand*%7E%5D=ga
tewo

Thomas

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Lede-dev [mailto:lede-dev-bounces at lists.infradead.org] Im Auftrag
> von Tim Harvey
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2016 18:28
> An: John Crispin
> Cc: LEDE Development List
> Betreff: Re: [LEDE-DEV] gateworks patches in the tree
> 
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 1:54 AM, John Crispin <john at phrozen.org> wrote:
> > Hi Tim,
> >
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> > we currently have these patches in the tree, which i think you were
> > involved in. could you tell us which of these can be sent upstream
> > and/or what is blocking us sending them upstream ?
> >
> > 160-usb-gadget-udc-net2280-add-usb2380-support.patch:From: Tim Harvey
> > <tharvey at gateworks.com>
> 
> I mainlined this one (5185c91385d73cdf79836eb8548e4726e43ae831) and it
> appears in Linux 4.8
> 
> > 412-mtd-partial_eraseblock_unlock.patch:From: Tim Harvey
> > <tharvey at gateworks.com>
> 
> The commit message for this applied in OpenWrt r33681 on 10/10/12 was:
> 
> mtd: allow partial block unlock
> 
> This allows sysupgrade for devices such as the Gateworks Avila/Cambria
> product families based on the ixp4xx using the redboot bootloader with
> combined FIS directory and RedBoot config partitions on larger FLASH
> devices with larger eraseblocks.
> 
> This second iteration of this patch addresses previous issues:
>   - whitespace breakage fixed
>   - unlock in all scenarios
>   - simplification and fix logic bug
> 
> ------
> 
> The ixp4xx Xscale processors have been EOL for a couple of years and as
> such there are no plans to mainline this. I don't see Gateworks
> Avila/Cambria in the LEDE Table of hardware (they are still in the
> OpenWrt list). Perhaps there is a plan to drop ixp4xx support from LEDE
> in general, which I would be fine with.
> 
> > 880-gateworks_system_controller.patch:Signed-off-by: Tim Harvey
> > <tharvey at gateworks.com>
> 
> This is an old driver replaced by a newer version which I intend on
> mainlining - drop it.