Hi Advan,
advan wrote:
Hi,Matt
first , thank your kind . According to your idea, I think it should do
the process as below:
1. mount a tmpfs in RAM , cp upgrade-routine into tmpfs and execute it .
2. umount root file system ,I only use "umount /" because of no
'/dev/root' device,but in here , I also don't umount '/' , it will be
shown 'device is busy'. I want to find some process via 'fuser -m /'
then to kill these process be using '/', but it seems the busybox
doesn't support 'fuser' command , so I don't know how to umount root
filesystem .
3. erase /dev/mtdblock1 partition
4. open /dev/mtdblock1 (use low 'open' function), and orderly write 64k
size into file very time from httpd through ethernet interface,total
3M/64K (flash sector :64k)
5.when write data into flash ok, reboot the system
if the program is operating item #4 , the device is be power off ,then
the device's /dev/mtdblock1 will be destroyed lead not to use the device
. I don't want to expect so result .
the device Basic information :
hardware platform : mips r4000
kernel version : 2.4.25
uclibc library
busybox
flash : 4 M ( 3M as root file system jffs2 , 1M as Redboot and kernel
image )
RAM :8M (remain approximately 500K-1M after booting kernel and
loading application)
Upgrate file : jffs2.bin (3M), now don't think over kernel image
upgrade method : http server(CGI) through ethernet
Matt , please you help me how to do this , Thank you very much .
Best Regards
advan
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advan
2007-10-19
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Just and idea...
If you are using u-boot as a bootloader why not do the update inside
u-boot ??
In the suggestion below you will still need access to a sort of root
file system to execute the system commands.
Regards
Phil Wilshire
*???:* Crane, Matthew
*????:* 2007-10-17 21:23:14
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*??:* RE: RE: Re: [uClinux-dev] how to upgrade the jffs2 of root in linux
Hi,
With minimal memory alternative options would be to stream the image to
your flash.
If your system is minimal, maybe you do not need to keep a flash fs
mounted. Can your system remain up if you unmount the existing jffs root?
If so, and if ram/flash is at a premium, it is possible to execute a
simple program that does all upgrade.
The program would need to:
- unmount root, e.g. system( "umount /dev/root" )
- use mtd calls to unlock/erase flash
- receive upgrade package. .
- as file comes in, write to flash.
- once written to flash ok, the partition can be remounted from within
the process, e.g. system( "mount <root dev>")
- if the program is running from a /tmp tmpfs, it could be restarted on
failure, until the rootfs is restored.
Rather then write a program from scratch, one of the simple embedded web
servers out there can be modified to recieve post of file. I believe
uclinux has sparse httpd.
If you do something like this the possiblity of failing in the middle of
upgrade is likely. A fail safe image or bootloader with upgrade option
would be needed to keep the system recoverable.
The best place for an upgrade is sometimes the bootloader, maybe when an
upgrade is requested, jump to bootloader and leave up to the bootloader.
It may be too that your options for upgrade would improve by minimizing
the size of the root partition, or the part that needs to be upgraded.
Just suggestions, I don't know details of your requirments,
Matt
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *advan
*Sent:* Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:35 AM
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*Subject:* Re: RE: Re: [uClinux-dev] how to upgrade the jffs2 of root in
linux
Hi,Matt
the netflash also needs enough memory space ,when I use './netflash -K
-r /dev/mtd1 192.168.1.218 jffs2.bin' via tftpserver through ethernet ,
the netflash requestes virtual memory always to store the data and
that it's very slow . like my case , the embedded device's memory is
very limited . free memory is only 1M ,otherwise the size of jffs2.bin
is 3M , it seems it's difficult to netflash too ,
what do you think ?
Thank you very much
Best Regards
cookie
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advan
2007-10-17
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*???:* Crane, Matthew
*????:* 2007-10-16 21:16:37
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*??:* RE: Re: [uClinux-dev] how to upgrade the jffs2 of root in linux
Can netflash upgrade a mounted root partition?
If you don't have the memory to mount the tmp partition in ram, then
keep a small second tmp partition in your flash, switch to that, run
netflash, and then switch back to the new main parttion.
Matt
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Nikita Tabatsky
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:06 AM
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*Subject:* Re: Re: [uClinux-dev] how to upgrade the jffs2 of root in linux
Hi, Advan
yes, netflash it's flash tool.
sorry, i forgot to insert link :)
http://cvs.uclinux.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/uClinux-dist/user/netflash/
<http://cvs.uclinux.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/uClinux-dist/user/netflash/>
Nik.
On 10/16/07, *advan* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Hi,Nik
Thank you , what is netflash ,it's a flash tool ?
could you offer a link address ?
Best Regards
advan
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advan
2007-10-16
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*???:* Nikita Tabatsky
*????:* 2007-10-15 17:54:26
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Hi, Advan
You can use netflash for upgrade your jffs2 partition.
Nik.
On 10/15/07, *advan* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
wrote:
hi, everyone
I build jffs2 as root file system in my embedded platform with
uclinux os , I also build a web http server(boa) , through httpd
server , I can upload a new jffs2 root file-system into the
platform memery ,then I want to use new jfffs file to re-write
jffs2 partition ,because linux is using this partition as its
root file system , if I directly write it into the jffs2
partition ,then linux will cause crash and errors . anybody know
how to do ?
thank you in advance
advan
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advan
2007-10-15
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