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Re[2]: building redboot with eCos eernel
- From: Michael Jastrebtsoff <jam2000 at pisem dot net>
- To: Nick Garnett <nickg at ecoscentric dot com>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 10:21:04 +0700
- Subject: Re[2]: [ECOS] building redboot with eCos eernel
- References: <1557427993.20040521174204@pisem.net><m3oeoihvjz.fsf@miso.calivar.com>
- Reply-to: Michael Jastrebtsoff <jam2000 at pisem dot net>
Hello, Nick.
I wanted to use FAT with CompactFlash driver for updating the main
program(based on eCos kernel) from CF card. Probably I will be able to
implement FAT driver+high level disk driver+CF driver in read-only mode for
doing that.
Thanks a lot.
NG> The FAT filesystem will not work in RedBoot since it requires too many
NG> kernel facilities to work. You cannot put the kernel into RedBoot
NG> since RedBoot is intended to be a stand alone application, there are
NG> just too many assumptions for this to work.
NG> The only use that RedBoot would have for FAT filesystem support is to
NG> load executables. So a simple read-only loader similar to the one that
NG> already exists for ext2 would be a better solution.
NG> --
NG> Nick Garnett eCos Kernel Architect
NG> http://www.ecoscentric.com The eCos and RedBoot experts
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