Many thanks! I overlooked the state of the NAND driver.
On Tue, 2017-04-18 at 19:43 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Hi Thomas. > > [cc'ing the FreedomBox list - assuming discrete post was accidental] > > Quoting Thomas Thorpe (2017-04-18 17:45:13) > > Wondering what the issue may be with the 4 gig NAND version? I was > > about to buy one. If there's a good reason not to, please save me > > from > > myself! :) > > To boot from NAND, both U-boot and Linux need a driver for the > controller chip on the board to access it. > > Debian (and FreedomBox) uses mainline U-boot and Linux. > > Olimex LIME/LIME2 boards rely on the Allwinner A20 SoC to access > NAND. > > Driver for A20 SoC to access NAND is not yet in a usable state: > http://linux-sunxi.org/Mainline_NAND_Howto > > Details too geeky for me seemingly also covering U-boot: > http://linux-sunxi.org/MTD_Driver > > > Just avoid that board - pick a non-storage-glued-on board or the > eMMC > board instead! > > > Hope that helps, > > - Jonas > _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
