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

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

Super cool. Would it be hard to support both FFSv1 and v2 at the same time?


> On Feb 19, 2018, at 5:47 AM, berte <behzaterte%yandex.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> Hey Jared,
> 
> I've done with task01-02 you can find those changes into same repository ufs_task01_02_code_review tag.
> 
> :::: Task summary ::::
> - Add an ffs driver to U-Boot (read-only)  -> done
> - Add the following commands to U-Boot: ffssize, ffsload, ffsls -> done
> - Integrate changes with existing U-Boot packages (sysutils/u-boot*) in pkgsrc -> wip
> - Update armv7.img to support booting directly from FFS. -> tba
> - Modify sysinst to allow for installation without an MSDOS partition.  -> tba
>    Some of this will be SoC-specific. Need to detect the SoC type and select the correct kernel/dtb and adjust partition layout    to not interfere with U-Boot / SoC specific bootloaders.
> 
> Cheers,
> --berte.
> 
> 
> 18.02.2018, 23:40, "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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> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> --berte.
>