i haven't tried it.  I dont believe it is enabled by default, i take it
you #define CONFIG_FS_EXT4 ?

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 5:32 PM, David Cemin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Dalon,
>
> That is exactly what I did. I created a cff_from_mmc_ext function at this
> very same file you mentioned. But then I ran into the problem where the
> ext4_fileread just returns with the following error:
> ext4fs_devread read outside partition 4776
>
> How is the support for ext4 on the arria10 branch? (
>
>    - socfpga_v2014.10_arria10_bringup
>    
> <https://github.com/altera-opensource/u-boot-socfpga/compare/socfpga_v2014.10_arria10_bringup>
>    )
>    -
>
>
> Thanks !
>
> David
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Dalon Westergreen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> its entirely plausible, but not supported.  Programming from fat is done
>> during boot using file_fat_read_at which reads bits of the fpga image to
>> ram and programs them to flash.  the function that implements fpga config
>> from flash also does not use the fpga load command which requires the
>> entire fpga image be present in memory.  the fpga load calls and init for
>> the fpga for each call, essentially restarting configuration.
>>
>> to do what you ask you would need to implement something like
>> the cff_from_mmc_fat function
>> in u-boot-socfpga/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/socfpga_arria10/cff.c
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dalon
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 5:02 PM, David Cemin <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On an arria10 SoC development kit, i would like to be able to configure
>>> the fpga from an EXT partition instead of doing it from the FAT partition.
>>>
>>> So, i removed the call on the sdram.c that configures the fpga during
>>> boot (function dram_init calls cff_from_mmc_fat) and tried to do:
>>>
>>>    - ext4load mmc 0:X $rbftosdramaddr <path to my rbf on ext3 partition)
>>>
>>> This doesnt work because at this point the ddr_calibration_sequence
>>> didnt run yet so I cant actually use the external memory to put my image
>>> on.
>>>
>>> I tried manually calling the fpga loadfs and configure the fpga from the
>>> FAT partition, and then have the memory ready. So, I load the my fpga image
>>> into memory:
>>>
>>> ext4load mmc 0:2 0x400 /firmware/fpga_img.rbf
>>>
>>> Then I tried using the fpga load command to program it again:
>>> fpga load 0 0x400 $filesize
>>>
>>> It gets stalled.
>>>
>>>
>>> Not happy with it, because I thought it could be something weird on the
>>> load program, i repeated the same thing the cff_from_mmc_fat does, but
>>> using ext4_read instead of file_fat_read_at .. and it barfs giving me this
>>> message:
>>> ext4fs_devread read outside partition 4776
>>>
>>>
>>> So, I thought I should separate that in smaller chunks, because this was
>>> a problem on the ext4 read, and I get that it reads up to 3840 bytes, and
>>> then it returns an error:
>>> otal_read = 3584 Total: 31619884 fname /firmware/fpga_img.rbf temp
>>> 00003840 bufptr 0 cs 64
>>> bytesread: 64
>>> total_read = 3648 Total: 31619884 fname /firmware/fpga_img.rbf temp
>>> 00003940 bufptr 0 cs 64
>>> bytesread: 64
>>> total_read = 3712 Total: 31619884 fname /firmware/fpga_img.rbf temp
>>> 00003a40 bufptr 0 cs 64
>>> bytesread: 64
>>> total_read = 3776 Total: 31619884 fname /firmware/fpga_img.rbf temp
>>> 00003b40 bufptr 0 cs 64
>>> bytesread: 64
>>> total_read = 3840 Total: 31619884 fname /firmware/fpga_img.rbf temp
>>> 00003c40 bufptr 0 cs 64
>>> ** File not found /firmware/fpga_img.rbf **
>>> read_rbf_header_from_ext: failed to read /firmware/fpga_img.rbf -1 != 64
>>> cff_from_mmc_ext: error reading rbf header
>>>
>>>
>>> *So, my question finally is*:
>>> Does anybody know if it is possible to configure the fpga on arria10 dev
>>> kit from an ext3 partition instead of from a FAT partition  ?
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> David
>>>
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