[Arm-netbook] A10 livesuit & debian linux /dev/mtd?

[Dmitriy B.]

Use linux-sunxi's sunxi-bsp:
http://linux-sunxi.org/BSP#LiveSuit_image
I had success building the image for A13 system. Should be the same for A10.

Also guy working on real mtd driver for A10 posted his work at
linux-sunxi's ML. Search for MTD
here<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/linux-sunxi>,
there are 2-3 topics discussing his work.

Best Regards,
Dmitriy Beykun

2013/5/2 Troy Benjegerdes <hozer at hozed.org>

> (from the eoma boot thread..)
>
> >  anything else, because i've now discovered livesuit works and have
> > blown away the NAND flash already :)
>
> I just got myself one of these:
> http://bddgroupllc.com/A-Series_Boards.php
>
> and I'm trying to find a way to get Debian on the NAND flash with
> a real open-source /dev/mtd driver instead of this allwinner /dev/nand
> nonsense.
>
> My goal is to be able to make packages that follow the debian free
> software guidelines so I can hit the FEL boot button, and run something
> like 'a10bootstrap --board [wizard|eoma|cubie|mk802] wheezy [mirror]',
> and blow away all the binary nonsense and leave 100% libre software on
> the device NAND.
>
> Has anyone else had success with an A10 device and /dev/mtd?
>
> And to follow up on:
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.hardware.netbook.arm.sunxi/39
>
> If allwinner thinks MTD is out of date and block/sunxi_nand is better,
> then why the hell can't I find a flamewar on linux-kernel with a
> discussion about the relative merits of MTD vs block/sunxi_nand?
>
> Frankly, my impression is so far is that all the cell phone developers
> (aka, android) wrote their applications and SDK's to work around the
> limitations of block-layer 'emulation' on NAND, and nobody has taken
> the time to actually understand what JFFS2/YAFFS+MTD actually provide.
>
>
>
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