Switch to 4MiB partition boundaries on flash media

config/sources/mvebu64.conf

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ARCH=arm64
 KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image
-#OFFSET=2
 
 BOOTSCRIPT="boot-espressobin.cmd:boot.cmd"
 UBOOT_TARGET_MAP=";;u-boot.bin flash-image.bin"
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ BOOTBRANCH='branch:u-boot-2017.03-armada-17.10'
 
 UBOOT_USE_GCC='< 7.0'
 
-
 BOOTENV_FILE='clearfog-default.txt'
 HAS_UUID_SUPPORT=yes
 
@@ -80,4 +78,4 @@ uboot_custom_postprocess()
     make DEBUG=1 USE_COHERENT_MEM=0 LOG_LEVEL=20 SECURE=0 CLOCKSPRESET=CPU_800_DDR_800 DDR_TOPOLOGY=2 BOOTDEV=SPINOR PARTNUM=0 PLAT=a3700 all fip BL33=$SRC/cache/sources/$BOOTDIR/${BOOTBRANCH##*:}/u-boot.bin WTP=../../marvell-tools $CTHREADS CROSS_CM3=$toolchain/$ATF_COMPILER >> $DEST/debug/compilation.log
 	cp build/a3700/debug/flash-image.bin $ubootdir
 	cd $ubootdir
-}
+}

config/sources/odroidxu4.conf

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-OFFSET=4
-
 BOOTSOURCE='https://github.com/hardkernel/u-boot.git'
 BOOTSCRIPT='boot-odroid-xu4-default.ini:boot.ini'
 BOOTDIR='u-boot-odroidxu'

config/sources/sunxi64_common.inc

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ARCH=arm64
 KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image
 HAS_UUID_SUPPORT=yes
-OFFSET=2
 BOOTDELAY=1
 
 # Here we want to rename LINUXFAMILY from sun50iw1, sun50iw2, etc for next and dev branches

lib/configuration.sh

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ MAINLINE_UBOOT_BRANCH='tag:v2017.09'
 MAINLINE_UBOOT_DIR='u-boot'
 
 # Let's set default data if not defined in board configuration above
-[[ -z $OFFSET ]] && OFFSET=1 # Bootloader space in MB (1 x 2048 = default)
+[[ -z $OFFSET ]] && OFFSET=4 # offset to 1st partition (we use 4MiB boundaries by default)
 ARCH=armhf
 KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=zImage
 SERIALCON=ttyS0

packages/bsp/common/usr/sbin/nand-sata-install

@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) Authors: http://www.armbian.com/authors
 #
-# NAND, eMMC, SATA and USB Armbian installer
-#
-# Remarks:
-# nand boot za a10: git clone -b dev/a10-nand-ext4 https://github.com/mmplayer/u-boot-sunxi --depth 1
-# Should work with: Cubietruck, Cubieboards, BananaPi, Olimex Lime+Lime2+Micro, Hummingboard, ...
-#
+# Tool to transfer the rootfs of an already running Armbian installation from SD card
+# to NAND, eMMC, SATA or USB storage. In case of eMMC it's also possible to transfer
+# the bootloader to eMMC in a single step so from then on running without SD card is
+# possible.
 
 # Import:
 # DIR: path to u-boot directory
@@ -172,7 +170,6 @@ create_armbian()
 		e2fsck -f /dev/nand2 >/dev/null 2>&1
 	fi
 
-
 	# Boot from eMMC, root = eMMC or SATA / USB
 	#
 	if [[ $2 == ${emmccheck}p* || $1 == ${emmccheck}p* ]]; then
@@ -277,6 +274,7 @@ create_armbian()
 	umountdevice "/dev/sda"
 } # create_armbian
 
+
 # Accept device as parameter: for example /dev/sda unmounts all their mounts
 umountdevice()
 {
@@ -346,9 +344,9 @@ formatemmc()
 	dialog --title "$title" --backtitle "$backtitle" --infobox "\nFormating $1 to $eMMCFilesystemChoosen ... please wait." 5 60
 	# we can't boot from btrfs
 	if [[ $eMMCFilesystemChoosen == "btrfs" ]]; then
-		parted -s $1 -- mkpart primary $eMMCFilesystemChoosen 2048s 126975s
-		parted -s $1 -- mkpart primary $eMMCFilesystemChoosen 126976s 389119s
-		parted -s $1 -- mkpart primary $eMMCFilesystemChoosen 389120s ${LASTSECTOR}s
+		parted -s $1 -- mkpart primary $eMMCFilesystemChoosen 8192s 139263s
+		parted -s $1 -- mkpart primary $eMMCFilesystemChoosen 139264s 401407s
+		parted -s $1 -- mkpart primary $eMMCFilesystemChoosen 401408s ${LASTSECTOR}s
 		partprobe $1
 		mkfs.ext4 ${mkopts[ext4]} $1"p1" >> $logfile 2>&1
 		mkswap $1"p2" >> $logfile 2>&1
@@ -358,7 +356,7 @@ formatemmc()
 		emmcuuid=$(blkid -o export $1"p3" | grep -w UUID)
 		dest_root=$emmccheck"p3"
 	else
-		parted -s $1 -- mkpart primary $eMMCFilesystemChoosen 2048s ${LASTSECTOR}s
+		parted -s $1 -- mkpart primary $eMMCFilesystemChoosen 8192s ${LASTSECTOR}s
 		partprobe $1
 		mkfs.${eMMCFilesystemChoosen} ${mkopts[$eMMCFilesystemChoosen]} $1"p1" >> $logfile 2>&1
 		emmcuuid=$(blkid -o export $1"p1" | grep -w UUID)