[meta-ti] [PATCH] sdcard_image: align partitions with flash pages

Denys Dmytriyenko denis at denix.org
Thu Oct 27 19:05:34 PDT 2011


On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 05:58:26PM -0400, Jason Kridner wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko <denis at denix.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 09:36:01PM -0400, Jason Kridner wrote:
> >> See
> >> http://sakoman.com/OMAP/a-script-for-partitioningformatting-a-bootable-sdmicrosd-card.html
> >
> > If I was Paul Menzel, I'd complain about non-descriptive description :)
> 
> Fair enough.  I thought giving the URL was better than taking the
> credit for the ideas, but I could have extracted the ideas for the

Well, giving proper credit is important, so I included Steve's and Arnd's 
names (although, leaving XorA's and my names out :))

> change as well.  Do you need me to resubmit?  I'm comfortable with you
> adding comments into the commit.

Sounds good then, here's what I've added:
http://git.angstrom-distribution.org/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/meta-texasinstruments/commit/?id=ed09701ebe89d4ce0802cf734aa25c29e94febe8

> Or should I apply an additional patch to put comments into the code?
> 
> > BTW, Arnd Bergmann is the expert in SD card wear issues http://lwn.net/Articles/428584/
> > and, if I remember correctly, he was showing some tests abusing whole bunch of
> > SD cards at the last ELC.
> 
> Yeah, I sat down with Arnd and discussed it at ELC, which is why I
> wanted to pick up the changes not only in mkcard as Steve did, but in
> this class which is more convenient for people using OE to build SD
> card images.

-- 
Denys



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