[PATCH 4/4] powerpc/85xx: add the P1020UTM-PC DTS support

Huang Changming-R66093 r66093 at freescale.com
Thu Mar 15 13:30:27 EST 2012



Thanks
Jerry Huang


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wood Scott-B07421
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:50 AM
> To: Huang Changming-R66093
> Cc: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] powerpc/85xx: add the P1020UTM-PC DTS support
> 
> On 03/14/2012 04:08 AM, Chang-Ming.Huang at freescale.com wrote:
> > +&lbc {
> > +	nor at 0,0 {
> > +		#address-cells = <1>;
> > +		#size-cells = <1>;
> > +		compatible = "cfi-flash";
> > +		reg = <0x0 0x0 0x2000000>;
> > +		bank-width = <2>;
> > +		device-width = <1>;
> > +
> > +		partition at 0 {
> > +			/* 256KB for DTB Image */
> > +			reg = <0x0 0x00040000>;
> > +			label = "NOR (RO) DTB Image";
> > +			read-only;
> > +		};
> > +
> > +		partition at 40000 {
> > +			/* 3.75 MB for Linux Kernel Image */
> > +			reg = <0x00040000 0x003c0000>;
> > +			label = "NOR (RO) Linux Kernel Image";
> > +			read-only;
> > +		};
> > +
> > +		partition at 400000 {
> > +			/* 27MB for Root file System */
> > +			reg = <0x00400000 0x01b00000>;
> > +			label = "NOR (RW) Root File System";
> > +		};
> > +
> > +		partition at 1f00000 {
> > +			/* This location must not be altered  */
> > +			/* 512KB for u-boot Bootloader Image */
> > +			/* 512KB for u-boot Environment Variables */
> > +			reg = <0x01f00000 0x00100000>;
> > +			label = "NOR (RO) U-Boot Image";
> > +			read-only;
> > +		};
> 
> Don't put (RW) or (RO) in the label; that information is already there in
> the read-only property.
But for the user, after booting the kernel, he don't know these partition are read-only or can be wrote. 
If add (RW) or (RO), user can know which partition can be wrote or can't directly.

> The DTB and kernel image should not be read-only.




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