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

[berte <behzaterte%yandex.com@localhost>]

Jared, you can find my u-boot git repository as below,


https://github.com/berte/u-boot/compare/master...berte:ufs

Cheers,
--berte.


18.02.2018, 15:59, "Jared McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>:
> Sounds great!
>
>>  On Feb 18, 2018, at 8:52 AM, berte <behzaterte%yandex.com@localhost> wrote:
>>
>>  Hey Jared, thanks for your quick response :-)
>>
>>  At the moment, I added ffsv1/v2 into Kconfig file also I'll separate source code a bit later.
>>  On the other hand, I can add whole variants into u-boot, however my main port strategy is ffsv1/v2 but I'm open to suggestions :-)
>>
>>  Btw, I can create github repo for this task, what do you think about that?
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>  --berte.
>>
>>  18.02.2018, 15:41, "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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