[PATCH linux] dts: aspeed: merge initrd into kernel in flash layout

[Xo Wang]

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 8:44 AM, Brad Bishop <bradleyb at fuzziesquirrel.com> wrote:
> I’m not suggesting one way or the other as far as how to proceed but I don’t
> think pulling chips is ever necessary.  You can always netboot and flash the
> entire image image that way.
>

The hack we've been using for whole-image updates here on non-netboot
BMCs is to use flashcp/dd of=mtdblock0/pflash to erase and program the
BMC flash, then assert the hotswap reset GPIO.

It saves a bit of time rebooting and is reliable, but feels dirty every time.

xo