Re: Volunteer for "Add FFS support to U-Boot"

[Jared McNeill <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

Looks like you’re on the right path. Do you have a plan for dealing with different UFS variants (FFSv1, FFSv2, LFS, etc)?

> On Feb 18, 2018, at 8:21 AM, berte <behzaterte%yandex.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jared,
> 
> I made some changes for u-boot however I'm not sure whatever I'm right or wrong way.
> 
> Few question about source:
> - I guess ufs alignment changes by architecture but I removed that macro in alloc/dealloc functions. Maybe I can replace with u-boot specific alignment function?
> - Also DEV_STRATEGY macro no make sense to me and I commented out that.
> 
> I'm still continue with fs_type .read but you can find my early work patch file as an attachment.
> 
> Cheers,
> Behzat
> 
> 
> 16.02.2018, 00:13, "Jared McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>:
>> Perfect! Good luck!
>> 
>>>  On Feb 15, 2018, at 5:06 PM, berte <behzaterte%yandex.com@localhost> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  I've already compile uboot master branch for orange pi win, currently I'm working on ffs filesystem port for uboot.
>>> 
>>>  I've some obstacles but still proceeding if stuck with it than I'll ping you back :)
>>> 
>>>  Cheers,
>>>  --berte.
>>> 
>>>  15.02.2018, 23:58, "Jared McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>:
>>>>  Aarch64 should be fine here on the Orange Pi Win, but be aware that building U-Boot for sun50i family boards is a bit more complicated than others due to the dependency on ARM Trusted Framework.
>>>> 
>>>>  There is a U-Boot framework in pkgsrc (currently based on 2017.11 release) that you may want to use as a starting point. Creating a package for your board will be simple:
>>>> 
>>>>   $ cd /usr/pkgsrc/sysutils
>>>>   $ cp -r u-boot-pine64 u-boot-orangepi-win
>>>>   $ cd u-boot-orangepi-win
>>>>   $ vi DESCR
>>>>   (Change last line of description to match your board name)
>>>>   $ vi Makefile
>>>>   (Change UBOOT_TARGET to orangepi-win, UBOOT_CONFIG to orangepi_win_defconfig, remove PKGREVISION)
>>>>   $ vi PLIST
>>>>   (Change share/u-boot/pine64 to share/u-boot/orangepi-win)
>>>> 
>>>>  That should give you a working u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin.
>>>> 
>>>>  Cheers,
>>>>  Jared
>>>> 
>>>>>   On Feb 15, 2018, at 4:46 PM, berte <behzaterte%yandex.com@localhost> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>   I've raspberry pi (v1), orange pi zero and orange pi win. So I can quickly change architecture if aarch64 not suitable.
>>>>> 
>>>>>   15.02.2018, 23:42, "Jared McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>:
>>>>>>   What board are you using?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    On Feb 15, 2018, at 3:31 PM, berte <behzaterte%yandex.com@localhost> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    Hi Jared,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    Thanks for your support.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    I'll start with u-boot master branch and also I want to compile that for aarch64, is it okay for you?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    Cheers,
>>>>>>>    -- berte.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    15.02.2018, 20:05, "Jared McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>:
>>>>>>>>    Hi berte --
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>    Do you have any specific questions in mind?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>    Cheers,
>>>>>>>>    Jared
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>    On Thu, 15 Feb 2018, berte wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>     Hi all,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>     I want to work for this title so could you please guide me about that ?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>     Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>     --berte.
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