[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Add 'sf update' command to do smart SPI flash update

2011-08-19 Thread Simon Glass
This adds a new SPI flash command which only rewrites blocks if the contents need to change. This can speed up SPI flash programming when much of the data is unchanged from what is already there. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass --- Changes in v2: -Moved loop into a function -Moved malloc outside loop

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Add 'sf update' command to do smart SPI flash update

2011-08-19 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday, August 19, 2011 15:28:48 Simon Glass wrote: > This adds a new SPI flash command which only rewrites blocks if the > contents need to change. This can speed up SPI flash programming when much > of the data is unchanged from what is already there. looks good to me. i'll give it a spin on

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Add 'sf update' command to do smart SPI flash update

2011-08-19 Thread Simon Glass
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Friday, August 19, 2011 15:28:48 Simon Glass wrote: >> This adds a new SPI flash command which only rewrites blocks if the >> contents need to change. This can speed up SPI flash programming when much >> of the data is unchanged from what

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Add 'sf update' command to do smart SPI flash update

2011-08-19 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday, August 19, 2011 17:25:10 Simon Glass wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Friday, August 19, 2011 15:28:48 Simon Glass wrote: > >> This adds a new SPI flash command which only rewrites blocks if the > >> contents need to change. This can speed up SPI fla

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Add 'sf update' command to do smart SPI flash update

2011-08-23 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Mike, On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Friday, August 19, 2011 17:25:10 Simon Glass wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> > On Friday, August 19, 2011 15:28:48 Simon Glass wrote: >> >> This adds a new SPI flash command which only rewrite

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Add 'sf update' command to do smart SPI flash update

2011-08-23 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Tuesday, August 23, 2011 18:01:34 Simon Glass wrote: > That's a great trick. How much of the drivers did you implement in the > simulator? probably more than i'd like to admit, but not as many as i'd like ;) http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=toolchain:sim#peripherals > How about thi

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Add 'sf update' command to do smart SPI flash update

2011-08-23 Thread Che-liang Chiou
Hi Simon, I have a dumb question: How did you make u-boot run native under Linux? Did you mock out all platform functions? Or did you bundle u-boot with a emulator? Regards, Che-Liang On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Tuesday, August 23, 2011 18:01:34 Simon Glass wrote

Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3] Add 'sf update' command to do smart SPI flash update

2011-08-23 Thread Simon Glass
Hi Che-Liang. On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Che-liang Chiou wrote: > Hi Simon, > > I have a dumb question: How did you make u-boot run native under > Linux? Did you mock out all platform functions? Or did you bundle > u-boot with a emulator? Basically created a new architecture (like arm/x86)