[Arm-netbook] Real size of Mele A1000 NAND

[Alejandro Mery]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Tom Cubie <mr.hipboi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On May 11, 2012 5:31 AM, "Alejandro Martínez" <zen at itram.es> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:19 PM, David Given <dg at cowlark.com> wrote:
>> > The device driver code is in drivers/block/sun4i_nand/nfd; the low level
>> > stuff including the wear levelling code is in
>> > drivers/block/sun4i_nand/src. I have utterly no idea whether it's any
>> > good. Anyone know why they didn't implement an mtdblock driver and use
>> > yaffs2?
>>
>> The partition format, as well as the firmware file format and the
>> flashing tools, come from other older SoCs such as the Sochip 8600.
>> This last one, for example, was mainly used for PMPs and didn't use
>> Linux/Android, they generally used their own closed operating system.
>>
>> So, yeah, there seems to be no reason apart from trying to reuse old code.
> i think so. reusing old code saves a lot. the short to market time makes
> everything remain the same. i want a better partition format, better
> firmware format, linux friendly flashing tools, but changing means risk.
> everything now is working fine. so nobody want to change.

solution is simple! open the specs, release the code, colaborate with
the communities, and let others help to improve the code and tools ;-)
it would also help you in marketing because of the positive results
people will find when googling your products, and so help you sell
more... for free ;-)