[FE training-materials-updates] Flash fs: use setenv for mtdids and mtdparts definitions

Michael Opdenacker michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Thu Oct 29 06:21:09 CET 2015


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commit cdd5be61d6f2b4bd77f6c1afe229669fdeef0216
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date:   Thu Oct 29 06:21:09 2015 +0100

    Flash fs: use setenv for mtdids and mtdparts definitions
    
    - Less confusing than showing a value with two "=" characters
    
    Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>


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cdd5be61d6f2b4bd77f6c1afe229669fdeef0216
 .../sysdev-flash-filesystems.tex                       |  2 +-
 .../sysdev-flash-filesystems.tex                       | 18 ++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/labs/sysdev-flash-filesystems/sysdev-flash-filesystems.tex b/labs/sysdev-flash-filesystems/sysdev-flash-filesystems.tex
index 5471baa..2799e7a 100644
--- a/labs/sysdev-flash-filesystems/sysdev-flash-filesystems.tex
+++ b/labs/sysdev-flash-filesystems/sysdev-flash-filesystems.tex
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ match the way we wish to organize our flash
 storage. Therefore, we will define our own partitions at boot time,
 on the kernel command line.
 
-Redefine the partition in U-Boot using the \code{mtdids} and
+Redefine the partitions in U-Boot using the \code{mtdids} and
 \code{mtdparts} environment variables.
 Once done, execute the \code{mtdparts} command and check the partition
 definitions.
diff --git a/slides/sysdev-flash-filesystems/sysdev-flash-filesystems.tex b/slides/sysdev-flash-filesystems/sysdev-flash-filesystems.tex
index 2008803..d1528f0 100644
--- a/slides/sysdev-flash-filesystems/sysdev-flash-filesystems.tex
+++ b/slides/sysdev-flash-filesystems/sysdev-flash-filesystems.tex
@@ -224,13 +224,12 @@
   \item Requires two environment variables:
     \begin{itemize}
     \item \code{mtdids} attaches an {\em mtdid} to a flash device.
-      Example: \code{mtdids=<devid>=<mtdid>[,<devid>=<mtdid>]}
+      Example: \code{setenv mtdids <devid>=<mtdid>[,<devid>=<mtdid>]}
       \begin{itemize}
       \item \code{devid}: device identifier retrieved with
         \code{nand info} or \code{flinfo}
       \item \code{mtdid}: mtd identifier (should match Linux MTD device
-        name)
-      \item \code{mtdid} is displayed when booting the Linux kernel
+        name). It is displayed when booting the Linux kernel.
       \end{itemize}
     \item \code{mtdparts} defines the partitions for the different devices
     \end{itemize}
@@ -247,9 +246,8 @@
   \begin{itemize}
   \item \code{mtdparts} format: \code{<mtdid>:<partition>[,partition]}
   \item \code{partition} format: \code{<size>[@offset](<name>)[ro]}
-  \item \code{mtdid} is the MTD device name assigned by Linux
-  \item \code{mtdid} is displayed at boot (and can be retrieved using
-    \code{dmesg})
+  \item \code{mtdid} is the MTD device name assigned by Linux. It
+    is displayed at boot time (and can be retrieved using \code{dmesg}):
   \end{itemize}
 \tiny
 \begin{verbatim}
@@ -269,8 +267,8 @@ Creating 5 MTD partitions on "omap2-nand.0":
   \item Example:
   {\tiny
   \begin{verbatim}
-mtdids=nand0=omap2-nand.0
-mtdparts=mtdparts=omap2-nand.0:512k(X-Loader)ro,1536k(U-Boot)ro,512k(Environment),4m(Kernel),-(RootFS)
+setenv mtdids nand0=omap2-nand.0
+setenv mtdparts mtdparts=omap2-nand.0:512k(X-Loader)ro,1536k(U-Boot)ro,512k(Env),4m(Kernel),-(RootFS)
   \end{verbatim}
   }
   \item This defines 5 partitions in the \code{omap2-nand.0} device:
@@ -780,8 +778,8 @@ vol_alignment=1
   \item You just have to pass the following information on the kernel
     cmdline:
     \begin{itemize}
-    \item \code{ubi.mtd=1}: attach /dev/mtd1 to the UBI layer and
-      create ubi0
+    \item \code{ubi.mtd=1}: attach \code{/dev/mtd1} to the UBI layer and
+      create \code{ubi0}
     \item \code{rootfstype=ubifs root=ubi0:rootfs}: mount the
       \code{rootfs} volume on ubi0 as a UBIFS filesystem
     \end{itemize}




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