Re: [U-Boot] FAT filesystem support on SPI flash

2014-02-25 Thread Tom Rini
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 01:37:53PM +, Vasili Galka wrote: > Hi, > > On our system, we are interested in keeping all files, including the > OS image and U-Boot second stage on FAT filesystem residing on a SPI > flash. > > I have not found existing U-Boot support for such functionality. H

Re: [U-Boot] FAT filesystem support on SPI flash

2014-02-25 Thread Vasili Galka
Dear Wolfgang, 1. So, my understanding is that fatload/fatls/etc have only MMC/SATA support now? No support for MTD? 2. Where can I find the description of "device driver model" you mention? When is it planned to be adopted? Best, Vasili On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: >

Re: [U-Boot] FAT filesystem support on SPI flash

2014-02-25 Thread Vasili Galka
Dear Jagan, I'm not sure I fully understand your question. SPI flash is just a medium that has sectors/pages/blocks (call it however you want). You are free to store data with any structure you like on it. So if you like - you can store FAT file-system on it. That's true that maybe storing a FAT f

Re: [U-Boot] FAT filesystem support on SPI flash

2014-02-23 Thread Jagan Teki
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Vasili Galka wrote: > Hi, > > On our system, we are interested in keeping all files, including the OS image > and U-Boot second stage on FAT filesystem residing on a SPI flash. I'm not a file-system expert, but I've a basic question like how does/well a SPI flash

Re: [U-Boot] FAT filesystem support on SPI flash

2014-02-23 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Vasili, In message you wrote: > > On our system, we are interested in keeping all files, including the OS image > and U-Boot second stage on FAT filesystem residing on a SPI flash. > > I have not found existing U-Boot support for such functionality. Have I > missed it? We do not h

[U-Boot] FAT filesystem support on SPI flash

2014-02-23 Thread Vasili Galka
Hi, On our system, we are interested in keeping all files, including the OS image and U-Boot second stage on FAT filesystem residing on a SPI flash. I have not found existing U-Boot support for such functionality. Have I missed it? In any case, I'm willing to implement this, do you see