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

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

Some modifications are done and pushed ufs_taks01_02_part1_done tag.

Jared, I added +1 argument into uboot_cmd which is type argument and it'll define filesystem types such as ffsv1,ffsv2, lfs, etc.(but I've to need some know-how for u-boot  stuff)

Besides, I'm still open to all suggestions :-)



19.02.2018, 16:39, "berte" <behzaterte%yandex.com@localhost>:
> Okay I can handle both version at the same time and also update licenses :-)
>
> 19.02.2018, 17:21, "Jared McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>:
>>  I noticed that the config option is defined as a choice between v1 and v2. I think it would be better if we could have both at the same time. Would that be difficult to change?
>>
>>  FWIW, currently the armv7/arm64 images use ffsv1 due of complications between ffsv2 and resize_ffs.
>>
>>  It looks like some of the code in your patchset is derived from libsa — make sure you keep track of licenses etc.
>>
>>>   On Feb 19, 2018, at 9:18 AM, berte <behzaterte%yandex.com@localhost> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Hey Jared,
>>>
>>>   At the moment I can not guarantee for v1 but v2 probably works as expected ( I'm still wondering about DEV_STRATEGY and alignment macro). Let me quick check for v1 today.
>>>
>>>   After that, I'm going to try with my arm evb.
>>>
>>>   Do you have any suggestion/feedback?
>>>
>>>   19.02.2018, 17:09, "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.
>>>>>>>>>>       <diff.output>
>>>>>
>>>>>    --
>>>>>    Cheers,
>>>>>    --berte.
>>>
>>>   --
>>>   Cheers,
>>>   --berte.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> --berte.

-- 
Cheers,
--berte.