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The gk7205v500 firmware now ships the split NOR package beside the fixed-slot one (OpenIPC/firmware#2658). Its kernel (OpenIPC/linux#137) and NOR U-Boot (OpenIPC/u-boot#52) both know the layout.

• gk7205v500 joins NOR_SPLIT_SOCS, so install writes firmware.bin.gk7205v500 at 0x50000 and erases the rest of the chip.
• FIRMWARE_PACKAGE_BOARD maps gk7205v510/v530 to gk7205v500, the one build the family installs, as NAND already does (_UBI_NAND_BOARD). Each keeps its own -nor U-Boot. A fixed-slot package named for the chip itself is still accepted.
• V500 boot-ROM recovery (HiSiliconV500) and the agent's donor are unchanged.

Local: pytest (1084 passed), ruff, mypy clean.

Not run on hardware. The firmware side was checked in qemu-hisilicon (see OpenIPC/firmware#2658): split boot under the new and the published U-Boot, the overlay kept across a power cycle, and U-Boot recovery from a fixed-slot install to the split image. qemu-hisilicon does not emulate the V500 boot ROM, so defib install itself was not run against it.

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PR Summary by Qodo

Enable split NOR installs for the gk7205v500 family

✨ Enhancement 🧪 Tests 📝 Documentation 🕐 10-20 Minutes

AI Description

• Enable split NOR firmware installs for gk7205v500, erasing flash beyond the image.
• Map gk7205v510 and gk7205v530 to the shared firmware package while retaining chip-specific NOR
 U-Boot.
• Document the layout and test family package selection and split support.

Diagram

graph TD
  Chip["V500 chip"] --> Board["Package board"] --> Split["Split NOR selection"] --> Package["Shared firmware"] --> Installer["NOR installer"] --> Flash[("SPI NOR")]
  Chip --> Boot["Chip NOR U-Boot"] --> Installer

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High-Level Assessment

Reuse of the existing split NOR path and package-board mapping is appropriate: the firmware family shares one build, while each chip retains its own NOR U-Boot. A separate V500 install path would duplicate established layout behavior.

Files changed (3) +12 / -5

Enhancement (1) +4 / -0

firmware.pyEnable shared V500 split NOR firmware selection +4/-0

Enable shared V500 split NOR firmware selection

• Maps gk7205v510 and gk7205v530 firmware packages to gk7205v500 and adds that package board to split NOR support. The existing chip-specific U-Boot asset selection is unchanged.

src/defib/firmware.py

Tests (1) +4 / -1

test_install_nor_split.pyCover V500 family split support and package mapping +4/-1

Cover V500 family split support and package mapping

• Extends data-level assertions to all three V500-family chips and checks that V530 maps to the V500 package and V510 accepts its split image.

tests/test_install_nor_split.py

Documentation (1) +4 / -4

CLAUDE.mdDocument V500 split NOR package mapping +4/-4

Document V500 split NOR package mapping

• Adds the gk7205v500 family to the documented split NOR boards and explains that V510 and V530 use the V500 firmware package.

CLAUDE.md

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