Dear Michael, In message <cagvhgugjkwy+qahmfcrszfsrssgg8gep2bv6-gkx6zdcou0...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > as I asked in my email... since I'm using spi-flash for the fs access, it > seems I'll need to use the DM_SPI_FLASH support.
For new code, yes. > I'm using the 2017.09 version of u-boot with openembedded/poky and the 4.4 > kernel > > would it be worth me using a newer version of u-boot? would that give me > better support of my spi-flash? You should always go with top-of-tree from the respective mainline repositoruy for any new developments. > my board is basically an am335x_evm with an is25lp512 nor spi-flash instead > of emmc. SPI NOR is used on a zillion of boards and should work pretty well. > when I tried to turn on the dm flash support it didn't compile. just > wondering if that is supported more thouroughly in > newer versions of u-boot..... sorry, I don't know. Again, here the ML is a much better reource to ask such things. In any case you should not use JFFS2 any more; it is really, really dead code. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
