From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Delivery-date: Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:04:09 +0200 Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:67c:670:201:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by lore.white.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1q6YEF-00DB6d-7S for lore@lore.pengutronix.de; Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:04:09 +0200 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=metis.ext.pengutronix.de) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q6YEC-0001Ah-Dd; Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:04:08 +0200 Received: from ptz.office.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:0:900:1d::77] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by metis.ext.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q6YEA-0001AG-Pb; Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:04:06 +0200 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 17:04:01 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.11.0 Content-Language: en-US, de-DE To: Ahmad Fatoum , distrokit@pengutronix.de References: <20230606-default_enable_fastboot_rock3a-v1-0-42195d538df2@pengutronix.de> <20230606-default_enable_fastboot_rock3a-v1-3-42195d538df2@pengutronix.de> <934f9d86-e7cb-ed58-7a0a-f27465f6b4d2@pengutronix.de> <088608ad-dad6-f6c1-0b51-415c5b508b23@pengutronix.de> From: Johannes Zink In-Reply-To: <088608ad-dad6-f6c1-0b51-415c5b508b23@pengutronix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [DistroKit] [PATCH 3/5] v8a: images: generate sparse images from rock3a initramfs, kernel and dtb X-BeenThere: distrokit@pengutronix.de X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DistroKit Mailinglist List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: patchwork-jzi@pengutronix.de Sender: "DistroKit" X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: distrokit-bounces@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false On 6/6/23 16:51, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: > Hello Johannes, > > On 06.06.23 16:47, Johannes Zink wrote: >> On 6/6/23 16:41, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: >>> On 06.06.23 16:31, Johannes Zink wrote: >>>> This allows to load the images to barebox using android fastboot, since >>>> otherwise the sparse header is missing and the image size is not >>>> properly aligned as required by fastboot. >>> >>> IME fastboot just complains and transfers the files anyway. In that >>> case building sparse images just adds complication. Did your fastboot >>> command fail without this change? >>> >> >> Uploading non-sparse images failed with an error >> >> Invalid sparse file format at header magic >> error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 45251584 is not a multiple of the block size 4096 >> >> at the host tool, which is why I decided to use sparse images. > > Can you describe how to reproduce this with a normal DistroKit build? sure, just apply this series (or at least patch 1/5 for initrd generation), run ptxdist images and expose a fastboot partition on the DUT by calling usbgadget -A /tmp/initramfs(initramfs)c then use fastboot to upload the cpio.gz from your distrokit build dir fastboot flash initramfs platform-v8a/images/initramfs-sparse.img Johannes > >> It saves upload time anyway, at least for the initramfs, so it's a good idea to use sparse images, anyway. > > Sparse is a compression algorithm, albeit a very primitive one. Your kernel and > initrd should already be compressed, so if you have savings from compressing > them again with sparse, there's something wrong IMO. > > The device tree is small enough that it shouldn't matter. > > Cheers, > Ahmad > > >> >> Johannes >> >> >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Johannes Zink >>>> --- >>>>   configs/platform-v8a/config/images/rock3a.config | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>   1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/configs/platform-v8a/config/images/rock3a.config b/configs/platform-v8a/config/images/rock3a.config >>>> index 522d82cdc9c9..cb0c7c4e575d 100644 >>>> --- a/configs/platform-v8a/config/images/rock3a.config >>>> +++ b/configs/platform-v8a/config/images/rock3a.config >>>> @@ -44,3 +44,24 @@ image barebox-rock3a.norimg { >>>>           image = "barebox-rock3a.img" >>>>       } >>>>   } >>>> + >>>> +image initramfs-sparse.img { >>>> +    android-sparse { >>>> +        image = "root.cpio.gz" >>>> +        block-size = 4k >>>> +    } >>>> +} >>>> + >>>> +image kernel-sparse.img { >>>> +    android-sparse { >>>> +        image = "linuximage" >>>> +        block-size = 4k >>>> +    } >>>> +} >>>> + >>>> +image dtb-rock3a-sparse.img { >>>> +    android-sparse { >>>> +        image = "rk3568-rock-3a.dtb" >>>> +        block-size = 4k >>>> +    } >>>> +} >>>> >>> >> > -- Pengutronix e.K. | Johannes Zink | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | https://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686| Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |