Flex-OneNAND is a monolithic integrated circuit with a NAND Flash array
using a NOR Flash interface. This on-chip integration enables system designers
to reduce external system logic and use high-density NAND Flash
in applications that would otherwise have to use more NOR components.
Flex-OneNAND enables users to configure to partition it into SLC and MLC areas
in more flexible way. While MLC area of Flex-OneNAND can be used to store data
that require low reliability and high density, SLC area of Flex-OneNAND
to store data that need high reliability and high performance. Flex-OneNAND
can let users take advantage of storing these two different types of data
into one chip, which is making Flex-OneNAND more cost- and space-effective.
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
This patch enables the OneNAND boot within U-Boot.
Before this work, we used another OneNAND IPL called X-Loader based
on open source. With this work, we can build the oneboot.bin image
without other program.
The build sequence is simple.
First, it compiles the u-boot.bin
Second, it compiles OneNAND IPL
Finally, it becomes the oneboot.bin from OneNAND IPL and u-boot.bin
The mechanism is similar with NAND boot except it boots from itself.
Another thing is that you can only use the OneNAND IPL only to work
other bootloader such as RedBoot and so on.
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
Kyungmin Park
Wolfgang Denk