openwrt/target/linux/kirkwood
Jeff Kletsky b3770eaca3 mtd: base-files: Unify dual-firmware devices (Linksys)
Consistently handle boot-count reset and upgrade across
ipq40xx, ipq806x, kirkwood, mvebu

Dual-firmware devices often utilize a specific MTD partition
to record the number of times the boot loader has initiated boot.

Most of these devices are NAND, typically with a 2k erase size.
When this code was ported to the ipq40xx platform, the device in hand
used NOR for this partition, with a 16-byte "record" size. As the
implementation of `mtd resetbc` is by-platform, the hard-coded nature
of this change prevented proper operation of a NAND-based device.

* Unified the "NOR" variant with the rest of the Linksys variants

* Added logging to indicate success and failure

* Provided a meaningful return value for scripting

* "Protected" the use of `mtd resetbc` in start-up scripts so that
   failure does not end the boot sequence

* Moved Linksys-specific actions into common `/etc/init.d/bootcount`

For upgrade, these devices need to determine which partition to flash,
as well as set certain U-Boot envirnment variables to change the next
boot to the newly flashed version.

* Moved upgrade-related environment changes out of bootcount

* Combined multiple flashes of environment into single one

* Current-partition detection now handles absence of `boot_part`

Runtime-tested: Linksys EA8300

Signed-off-by: Jeff Kletsky <git-commits@allycomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
[checkpatch.pl fixes, traded split strings for 80+ chars per line]
2019-05-18 13:43:51 +02:00
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base-files mtd: base-files: Unify dual-firmware devices (Linksys) 2019-05-18 13:43:51 +02:00
image treewide: use wpad-basic for not small flash targets 2018-10-16 15:07:41 +01:00
patches-4.14 kernel: bump 4.14 to 4.14.108 2019-03-27 10:48:59 +01:00
patches-4.19 kernel: bump 4.19 to 4.19.24 2019-02-22 10:53:42 +01:00
profiles treewide: use wpad-basic for not small flash targets 2018-10-16 15:07:41 +01:00
Makefile build: add a config option for enabling a testing version of the target kernel 2019-05-11 11:37:10 +02:00
config-4.14 kirkwood: enable sata port multiplier 2019-05-11 16:37:11 +02:00
config-4.19 kirkwood: enable sata port multiplier 2019-05-11 16:37:11 +02:00