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

[Troy Benjegerdes]

I think I have everything but the rootfs.tar.gz
In that last 'wget <rootfs.tar.gz>', did you generate your own, or
download something?

On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 02:23:32AM +0400, Dmitriy B. wrote:
> 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 If allwinner thinks MTD is out of date and block/sunxi_nand is better,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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