linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] *** Add fixed-paritions to phyCORE-AM62x and phyCORE-AM64x ***

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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:47:38 -0800
From: Nathan Morrisson <nmorrisson@...tec.com>
To: Andrew Davis <afd@...com>, nm@...com, vigneshr@...com, kristo@...nel.org,
 robh+dt@...nel.org, krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, conor+dt@...nel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, upstream@...ts.phytec.de, w.egorov@...tec.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] *** Add fixed-paritions to phyCORE-AM62x and
 phyCORE-AM64x ***

Hi Andrew,

We are adding the nodes directly to the device tree to match what is 
done in other device trees, for example: k3-am642-tqma64xxl.dtsi. You 
are correct that this could be done by the bootloader instead though. 
Why do you prefer having the bootloader add the nodes?

Regards,

Nathan

On 12/15/23 11:20 AM, Andrew Davis wrote:
> On 12/15/23 1:18 PM, Nathan Morrisson wrote:
>> Add a fixed-partitions node to the NOR flash of the phyCORE-AM62x
>> and phyCORE-AM64x to enable the bootloader to fixup the partitions
>> during boot.
>>
>
> Why can't your bootloader add these nodes?
>
> Andrew
>
>> Nathan Morrisson (2):
>>    arm64: dts: ti: k3-am62-phycore-som: Add fixed-partitions to NOR 
>> Flash
>>    arm64: dts: ti: k3-am64-phycore-som: Add fixed-partitions to NOR 
>> Flash
>>
>>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am62-phycore-som.dtsi | 6 ++++++
>>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/ti/k3-am64-phycore-som.dtsi | 6 ++++++
>>   2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
>>