Re: [Ltib] mtd-utils and kernel 2.6.33

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Bruce,

The list of host packages to install is in
config/platform/host/ltib.preconfig

The host tools are just a special case of a LTIB target.

Regards, Stuart

Bruce wrote:
> Thanks Stuart,
> I was able to pull the latest source, build and install like you said
> but that didn't help. I'm in a learning curve with NAND flash so I'm
> reaching a bit.
> I reverted back to the current tool version. Good tip on removing
> .host_wait_warning*! I'll have to remember that. Did a distclean to pick
> up the new package the first time:)
> 
> I still don't get where ltib determines the host tools to install. Is
> there a .config file? Where does that magic happen?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Bruce
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Stuart Hughes <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Bruce,
> 
>     First the reason the host/target have different pkg_map entries is
>     because the later (target) one depends lzo compression and I didn't want
>     to introduce that dependency to the host.  Maybe it's time to cave in on
>     that one.
> 
>     Do you know if the later 20080618 version would solve your problem, or
>     do you need an even later one that that?
> 
>     If you need a later one, then what you need to do is this:
> 
>     * Create a new .spec file. e.g.  in
>     dist/lfs-5.1/mtd-utils/mtd-utils-20101117.spec
> 
>     Make sure you set the version to something like the current ones (e.g.
>     20101117) as this will be used when deciding if version a > version b in
>      the host rpm install stuff.
> 
>     * Then you need to edit: config/platform/host/pkg_map and put in your
>     new mapping.
> 
>     * Remove .host_wait_warning* so that the host package build gets
>     re-evaluated
> 
>     * Run: ./ltib
> 
> 
>     BTW: you may run foul of the lzo dependency.  If so, install it from
>     your host's package manager.
> 
>     Regards, Stuart
> 
>     Bruce wrote:
>     > Hey all,
>     > I'm reading that the newer kernel with newer mtd require... yes a
>     newer
>     > mkfs.jffs2 (mtd-utils) to construct the rootfs.jffs2 file.
>     > I don't have a problem pulling the latest mtd-utils and fitting it
>     into
>     > my local build but I don't quite get how the host mtd-tools are
>     > installed and how to just have ltib build that one. Do I need to do a
>     > full distclean and re-run ltib to include my updated mtd-utils
>     package?
>     >
>     > I see ltib/config/platform/host/pkg_map seems to set which one to use
>     > for the host install. Of course there's another pkg_map file for the
>     > specific platform I can set to use the same package.
>     >
>     > Currently there are a couple spec files:
>     > ltib/dist/lfs-5.1/mtd-utils/mtd-utils-20060302.spec
>     > ltib/dist/lfs-5.1/mtd-utils/mtd-utils.spec
>     >
>     > The 2006 file is for the host and the other is for the target. I'd
>     add a
>     > separate file for the newer tools...
>     >
>     > This all has to do with the NAND flash chip we are using: "Micron
>     > 29F4G08AAC 8-bit 2K page 512MB (4Gb) SLC nand"
>     > It wasn't supported by the distribution we started with.
>     >
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Bruce
>     >
>     >
>     >
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