linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: mt7986: use size of reserved partition for bl2

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Date:   Mon, 29 May 2023 10:06:48 +0200
From:   AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
To:     Frank Wunderlich <linux@...web.de>,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@...lic-files.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: mt7986: use size of reserved partition for
 bl2

Il 28/05/23 13:33, Frank Wunderlich ha scritto:
> From: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@...lic-files.de>
> 
> To store uncompressed bl2 more space is required than partition is
> actually defined.
> 
> There is currently no known usage of this reserved partition.
> Openwrt uses same partition layout.
> 
> We added same change to u-boot with commit d7bb1099 [1].
> 
> [1] https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/commit/d7bb109900c1ca754a0198b9afb50e3161ffc21e
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: 8e01fb15b815 ("arm64: dts: mt7986: add Bananapi R3")
> Signed-off-by: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@...lic-files.de>

Since you're not changing the start address for the first partition, but
only extending it, this will not break anything, so

Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>