Re: does beaglebone black device tree need to specify amount of eMMC flash?

2014-07-07 Thread Holger Schurig
> Advantage > - maybe avoid some bad connections (never expired by using sd cards) This is the k.o. criteria in the company I work for SDCARDs. The devices run in high vibration / shock targets (e.g. mining), and you really wouldn't want to have an SDCARD there. You, you could probably glue the S

Re: does beaglebone black device tree need to specify amount of eMMC flash?

2014-07-07 Thread Alexander Aring
Hi Lucas, On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 10:53:20AM +0200, Lucas Stach wrote: > This has nothing to do with barebox, but I feel this needs an answer as > a lot of misinformation is spread here. > Thanks for your answer. Yes, it's off-topic but I always feel bad when I heard "eMMC". > Am Montag, den 0

Re: does beaglebone black device tree need to specify amount of eMMC flash?

2014-07-07 Thread Lucas Stach
This has nothing to do with barebox, but I feel this needs an answer as a lot of misinformation is spread here. Am Montag, den 07.07.2014, 09:06 +0200 schrieb Alexander Aring: [...] > > btw.: that's why eMMC is evil. > > Raw-Flash: > > Disadvantage: > - you can't replace it. > > Advantage: >

Re: does beaglebone black device tree need to specify amount of eMMC flash?

2014-07-07 Thread Alexander Aring
On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 08:53:45AM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 06:47:36AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > (aside: i'm digging into device trees in barebox and will certainly > > have a number of questions shortly so i can write some tutorials for > > an upcoming c

Re: does beaglebone black device tree need to specify amount of eMMC flash?

2014-07-06 Thread Sascha Hauer
On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 06:47:36AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > (aside: i'm digging into device trees in barebox and will certainly > have a number of questions shortly so i can write some tutorials for > an upcoming class, but i'll start simple.) > > i'm particularly interested in conf

does beaglebone black device tree need to specify amount of eMMC flash?

2014-07-05 Thread Robert P. J. Day
(aside: i'm digging into device trees in barebox and will certainly have a number of questions shortly so i can write some tutorials for an upcoming class, but i'll start simple.) i'm particularly interested in configuring and building barebox for my beaglebone black (henceforth "BBB"), and i