On 2024/03/23 09:14, Jonathan Gray wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 03:56:35PM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote: > > The diff below splits off the 32-bit ARM Allwinner SoCs and updates > > them to U-Boot 2024.01. I've tested this on a few of my armv7 boards > > and I'm pretty confident it doesn't break any of them.
Splitting definitely makes sense to me. > > Theo, this has consequences for the armv7 miniroots as the "cubie" > > variant includes firmwares that move from u-boot-arm to u-boot-sunxi. > > There are a few possibilities to handle this: > > > > * You (and other folks building releases) install the new packages by hand. > > > > * We add some ports magic such that updating the u-boot-arm package > > will also install the new u-boot-sunxi package. Stuart told me how > > to do that somewhat recently. > > > > * We drop the "cubie" miniroot. > > > > I'm somewhat leaning towards the last option myself. Very few people > > own a cubieboard so it isn't really helping people. In fact I'm very > > much inclined to move armv7 to a single miniroot image in the long > > run. > > > > Thoughts? > > I agree it can go. The cubie miniroot is specifically for the > Allwinner A20 based Cubieboard 2 (changed from A10 Cubieboard in 2016). I'd be happier with last or first options, and it's sounding like last makes the most sense. It is possible to get the new package installed automatically but adds a little complexity that doesn't seem needed/useful.
