| Message ID | 1507866425-10827-2-git-send-email-praneeth@ti.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | d5a42f66344957a6611549881887ebbffa03fe99 |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [1/4] arm: am57xx: Add vendor partition to Android GPT table for eMMC | expand |
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:47:03PM -0500, Praneeth Bajjuri wrote: > From: Vishal Mahaveer <vishalm@ti.com> > > Add vendor partition to Android GPT table for eMMC. > > A Vendor image contains SoC-specific code and configuration. > > Prior to Android 8.0, the vendor partition was optional ; > files belonging to these images were placed in boot.img or system.img > with symlinks (such as /vendor >/system/vendor ) when absent. > > Android 8.0 makes the vendor partition mandatory > > The goal is to modularize Android partitions with standard interface between > the Android Platform (on system.img ) and vendor-provided code(on vendor.img). > > This standard interface enables the Android Platform to be updated > without affecting the SoC partitions. This makes it possible to upgrade a > device system.img from Android 8.0 to Android P while other images (such as > vendor.img) remain at Android 8.0. This modularity enables timely > Android platform upgrades (such as monthly security updates ) > without requiring SoC/ODM partners to update SoC- and device-specific code. > > Signed-off-by: Vishal Mahaveer <vishalm@ti.com> > Signed-off-by: Praneeth Bajjuri <praneeth@ti.com> Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> -- Tom
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:47:03PM -0500, Praneeth Bajjuri wrote: > From: Vishal Mahaveer <vishalm@ti.com> > > Add vendor partition to Android GPT table for eMMC. > > A Vendor image contains SoC-specific code and configuration. > > Prior to Android 8.0, the vendor partition was optional ; > files belonging to these images were placed in boot.img or system.img > with symlinks (such as /vendor >/system/vendor ) when absent. > > Android 8.0 makes the vendor partition mandatory > > The goal is to modularize Android partitions with standard interface between > the Android Platform (on system.img ) and vendor-provided code(on vendor.img). > > This standard interface enables the Android Platform to be updated > without affecting the SoC partitions. This makes it possible to upgrade a > device system.img from Android 8.0 to Android P while other images (such as > vendor.img) remain at Android 8.0. This modularity enables timely > Android platform upgrades (such as monthly security updates ) > without requiring SoC/ODM partners to update SoC- and device-specific code. > > Signed-off-by: Vishal Mahaveer <vishalm@ti.com> > Signed-off-by: Praneeth Bajjuri <praneeth@ti.com> > Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> Applied to u-boot/master, thanks! -- Tom
diff --git a/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h b/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h index 717861f..3333e5e 100644 --- a/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h +++ b/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ "name=recovery,size=10M,uuid=${uuid_gpt_recovery};" \ "name=boot,size=10M,uuid=${uuid_gpt_boot};" \ "name=system,size=768M,uuid=${uuid_gpt_system};" \ + "name=vendor,size=256M,uuid=${uuid_gpt_vendor};" \ "name=cache,size=256M,uuid=${uuid_gpt_cache};" \ "name=ipu1,size=1M,uuid=${uuid_gpt_ipu1};" \ "name=ipu2,size=1M,uuid=${uuid_gpt_ipu2};" \