I did define CONFIG_CMD_EXT4, which automatically defines the
CONFIG_FS_EXT4. I can send you a diff of my cff.c file if you would have
the time to review what I could possibly be doing wrong in this case.

Thanks

David

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Dalon Westergreen <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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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