Porting to a new unsupported board: uboot fails to properly read the partition table

[Mark Shuttleworth]

On 16/12/15 11:27, Andrea Bernabei wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Woodrow Shen <woodrow.shen at canonical.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Unless the board is based on powerpc/mips/armv6 arch, otherwise the
>> porting work should be simple to reach it.:)
>>
>>
> It was easy indeed, once I got how all the pieces fit together ;)
> I had no previous u-boot experience or knowledge, so this was just a pet
> project to experiment and improve my knowledge in that area :)
>

Nicely done!

16.04 will be even easier :) By separating out the core image from the
kernel, and simplifying the partitioning requirements, all you will need is:

 * a snappy-capable uboot or grub
 * one or two partitions depending on your preferences
 * a kernel snap for your board

Mark