[PATCH 2/2] ath79: mojo c-75: use second flash chip

[Adrian Schmutzler]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomasz Maciej Nowak [mailto:tmn505 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Dienstag, 8. Dezember 2020 18:05
> To: Adrian Schmutzler <mail at adrianschmutzler.de>; openwrt-
> devel at lists.openwrt.org
> Cc: 'Vladimir Georgievsky' <vladimir.georgievsky at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ath79: mojo c-75: use second flash chip
> 
> W dniu 01.12.2020 o 20:50, Adrian Schmutzler pisze:
> >> diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
> >> b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
> >> index 0f90c00b9c43..b7618a8ab33c 100644
> >> --- a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
> >> +++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
> >> @@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ define Device/mojo_c-75
> >>    DEVICE_ALT0_VENDOR := WatchGuard
> >>    DEVICE_ALT0_MODEL := AP320
> >>    DEVICE_PACKAGES := ath10k-firmware-qca988x kmod-ath10k-ct kmod-
> >> usb2
> >> -  IMAGE_SIZE := 15936k
> >> +  IMAGE_SIZE := 32320k
> >
> > I'm not sure whether that's possible or whether the image itself is
> restricted to a single consecutive area to be written to (i.e. the flash can be
> concatenated and used, but the _image_ is limited to the first partition _in_
> it)
> 
> The mtd-concat creates virtual mtd device, which whole space we name as
> 'firmware' partiton, and for kernel it's completely transparent, as for mtd-
> splitter and mtd command.

That might hold for OpenWrt-internal sysupgrade (I'm actually not sure here), but will it also be true for initial flashing?

Best

Adrian

> 
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Adrian
> 
> Regards.
> 
> --
> TMN
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