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

[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.