[Skiboot] [RFC PATCH 00/13] Rework flash TOC generation

[Adriana Kobylak]

Stewart Smith <stewart at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote on 12/03/2017 11:34:25 
PM:

> >> We have a different CSV format for FFS in phosphor-mboxd too, perhaps
> >> Adriana can chime in if it's possible/plausible to move to just one
> >> representation, as this could help simplify our PNOR building 
process.
> >> 
> >
> > Hmm I remember thinking that the phosphor-mbox CSV was pretty close. 
Of
> > course its possible that the one here grew a bit in complexity.
> 
> Yeah, the multiple flash sides and all that probably made things
> horrific :)
> 
The script that creates the toc in phosphor-mboxd is using output from 
pflash
to recreate the part partition. Probably not the best plan...
Maybe this is a good time to talk about changing what has now become an 
"ABI" :)

> >> I'd *really* like to rip out openpower-ffs and other related crap 
from
> >> the op-build process and just replace it with this, largely because 
this
> >> has a remote chance of being maintained and a remote chance of not
> >> bringing in 13,000 lines of useless junk with it.
> >> 
> >
> > Strong ack!
> >
> >> In theory at least, ffspart ond the openbmc image building utility 
could
> >> just take the same input and output a different image.
> >> 
> >
> 
> -- 
> Stewart Smith
> OPAL Architect, IBM.


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