Hi Wolfgang, On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Wolfgang Denk <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Graeme, > > In message > <CALButCKwVh571bhgV9NQ82HYiFVJ=uGMFvVTYa5NV5M=kwv...@mail.gmail.com> you > wrote: >> >> I have a need to dump memory contents to a filesystem on an SD/MMC >> card so I can transfer it to my dev PC. I don't have a working network >> driver, so TFTP is out > > Add a network driver? :-)
I tried, but the technical documentation I have is somewhat less than perfect :( - I'm still chasing that up >> Now I notice that U-Boot has code to support writing to FAT >> filesystems, but it does not appear to be plumbed in > > Correct. (V)FAT support is read-only, like for nearly all other file > systems. > >> Alternatively, I could patch up the recently posted ext4 code and give that >> a go > > That would be a good idea - the more people testing that code, the > better. > >> Is there any other existing mechanism to write a file to a filesystem >> on an SD/MMC card in U-Boot? > > Yaffs is the only other file system in U-Boot that has write support. > > If I were you, I'd try to get the ext4 code running. OK, I'll focus on the ext4 patches If you like, I can take on responsibility of getting them into mainline through the staging repo, but this is unlikely to happen until well into the new year Regards, Graeme _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
