From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from protonic.xs4all.nl ([213.84.116.84]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1VRze8-00030S-MD for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:17:58 +0000 Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 09:17:39 +0200 From: David Jander Message-ID: <20131004091739.4debe909@archvile> In-Reply-To: <20131003192349.GR32444@ns203013.ovh.net> References: <20131003171726.096b0daa@archvile> <20131003192349.GR32444@ns203013.ovh.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: /dev/disk0 vs /dev/mmc0 To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org Hi Jean-Christophe, On Thu, 3 Oct 2013 21:23:49 +0200 Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > On 17:17 Thu 03 Oct , David Jander wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am following barebox git closely and noticed a change recently: Device > > names for MMC (MCI) and USB mass-storage devices have changed to the > > generic "/dev/diskX". Earlier an MMC device was named "/dev/mmc0". > > Unfortunately this change breaks my /env/bin/init script and I don't know > > how to fix it. I relied on the existence of certain devices to distinguish > > between USB mass-storage device presence and/or SD-card presence. How can > > I do this with this new device naming convention? > > > > I used to have these kind of checks in /env/bin/init: > > > > # Mount MMC (first partition) if available > > if [ -e "/dev/mmc0.0" ]; then > > mkdir /mmc > > mount /dev/mmc0.0 /mmc > > if [ -e "/mmc/uImage" ]; then > > boot_target="mmc" > > fi > > fi > > > > Booting like this is only allowed from MMC and not from USB, and now it > > seems impossible to distinguish between them anymore. > > > > Btw, why was this changed in the first place? > > now you an use devname parameter to specify a specifc name for mmc My board is fully device-tree based, but your suggestion pointed me in the right direction: the "alias" section seems to have a whole new meaning now ;-) I hope this won't interfere with Linux, since I intend to use a single DT for both Barebox _and_ Linux. > not all the drivers have the platform_data update to support but it will be > easy enough to add it > > I recently add this to atmel_mci and animeo_ip board Didn't find that one... probably not in mainline yet? Never mind. > and I recomment you to switch to defaultenv-2 for this > > and use boot sequence this will simplify your env hugely Although I agree defaultenv-2 looks pretty cool and will add a lot of convenience and flexibility for complex systems, IMHO it will not simplify the env of this board the least bit :-) In fact, on a simple embedded system that has to have a strictly predefined boot-behavior with a few simple rules, it is overly complex and if an "outsider" ever needs to understand how it works, that can be a bit of a problem (the default boot path probably going through some 5 different scripts with lots of compound config-variables). Best regards, -- David Jander Protonic Holland. _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox