On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Gary Bisson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Otavio,
>
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 07:55:53AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Otavio Salvador
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > This adds the partitions definition for the SPI NOR to provide
>> > backward compatibility with the documented[1] layout used with
>> > Boundary Devices BSP.
>> >
>> > 1. https://boundarydevices.com/boot-flash-access-linux/
>> >
>> > It exports to Linux:
>> >
>> > mtd0: bootloader
>> > mtd1: env
>> > mtd2: splash
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <[email protected]>
>>
>> After thinking a bit about Fabio's recommendation to use 'read-only'
>> to protect the partitions, I think it'd be better to use 'lock' so it
>> is still possible to write them on Linux but it requires a unlock
>> prior changing it.
>>
>> In my case, I am interested in being capable of upgrading the
>> bootloader from Linux.
>>
>> What people think?
>
> Agreed, I would rather have the lock option, especially for the splash
> and environment.
I will prepare a new patch using the lock option on the three
partitions so we allow the user to change them but knowing it may
break the system.
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