Would UF2 make things easier? On Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 10:25 TimH <t...@jti.uk.com> wrote:
> > Now I have RNDIS working on Windows (Linux a work-in-progress) I am back > to thinking of the best way forward. If anyone has further thoughts on > the following I'm very interested: > > > - FAT/MSD/USB. Still seems the easiest for the customers (think > consumer, not necessarily tech-savvy), but FAT is non-journaled, is not > good on flash and, anyway, doesn't work with my devices yet (I suspect > bugs in the sector512 layer but put this on the back burner for now). > > - MTP. No NuttX implementation, possibilities of doing it but probably > hard work. > > - RNDIS. Having got this working, it takes me back to "hacking" embedded > devices in years gone by, with lots of messing around with net adapter > settings, manual IP address, Telnet. Great for techies but not good for > end users who want it to work out of the box. > > > For file systems I think I will go back to getting smartFS up and > running and take a look at the journaling implementations and see if > this can be added to the NuttX SmartFS legally. > > > Then I'm wondering of there's some kind of FAT-to-SmartFS virtual > translation possible, so that USB MSD "sees" FAT but that is actually a > translation layer to SmartFS. Very little experience of file systems but > since this whole move to NuttX is baptism of fire, what the h€ll! > > > If RNDIS can be made user-friendly then that could still be a good path > of course. And a solution for tech-savvy customers to do clever things :) > > > I see Linux has FUSE so that is way for Linux (and Mac) to read SmartFS > if I understand it right but not, easily, on Windows that I can see > > > Bottom line - I would like to avoid the average user from needing to do > anything difficult and, ideally, not have to rely on an app to get > connectivity. >
