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-This patch series adds support for ext4 ls,load and write features in uboot
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-Journaling is supported for write feature.
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+U-Boot supports access of both ext2 and ext4 filesystems, either in read-only
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+mode or in read-write mode.
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-To enable support for the ext4 (and ext2) filesystem implementation,
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-#define CONFIG_FS_EXT4
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+First, to enable support for both ext4 (and, automatically, ext2 as well),
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+but without selecting the corresponding commands, use one of:
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-If you want write support,
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-#define CONFIG_EXT4_WRITE
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+ #define CONFIG_FS_EXT4 (for read-only)
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+ #define CONFIG_EXT4_WRITE (for read-write)
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-To Enable ext2 ls and load commands, modify the board specific config file with
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-#define CONFIG_CMD_EXT2
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-This automatically defines CONFIG_FS_EXT4 for you.
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+Next, to select the ext2-related commands:
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-To Enable ext4 ls and load commands, modify the board specific config file with
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-#define CONFIG_CMD_EXT4
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-This automatically defines CONFIG_FS_EXT4 for you.
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+ * ext2ls
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+ * ext2load
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-To enable ext4 write command, modify the board specific config file with
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-#define CONFIG_CMD_EXT4
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-#define CONFIG_CMD_EXT4_WRITE
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-These automatically define CONFIG_FS_EXT4 and CONFIG_EXT4_WRITE for you.
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+or ext4-related commands:
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-Also relevant are the generic filesystem commands,
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-#define CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC
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-This does not automatically enable EXT4 support for you.
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+ * ext4size
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+ * ext4ls
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+ * ext4load
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-Steps to test:
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+use one or both of:
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-1. After applying the patch, ext4 specific commands can be seen
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- in the boot loader prompt using
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- UBOOT #help
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+ #define CONFIG_CMD_EXT2
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+ #define CONFIG_CMD_EXT4
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+
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+Selecting either of the above automatically defines CONFIG_FS_EXT4 if it
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+wasn't defined already.
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+
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+In addition, to get the write access command "ext4write", use:
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+
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+ #define CONFIG_CMD_EXT4_WRITE
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+
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+which automatically defines CONFIG_EXT4_WRITE if it wasn't defined
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+already.
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+
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+Also relevant are the generic filesystem commands, selected by:
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+
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+ #define CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC
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+
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+This does not automatically enable EXT4 support for you, you still need
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+to do that yourself.
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+
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+Some sample commands to test ext4 support:
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+1. Check that the commands can be seen in the output of U-Boot help:
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+
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+ UBOOT #help
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+ ...
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ext4load- load binary file from a Ext4 file system
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ext4load- load binary file from a Ext4 file system
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ext4ls - list files in a directory (default /)
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ext4ls - list files in a directory (default /)
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+ ext4size - determine a file's size
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ext4write- create a file in ext4 formatted partition
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ext4write- create a file in ext4 formatted partition
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+ ...
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+
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+2. To list the files in an ext4-formatted partition, run:
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-2. To list the files in ext4 formatted partition, execute
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ext4ls <interface> <dev[:part]> [directory]
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ext4ls <interface> <dev[:part]> [directory]
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+
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For example:
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For example:
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UBOOT #ext4ls mmc 0:5 /usr/lib
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UBOOT #ext4ls mmc 0:5 /usr/lib
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-3. To read and load a file from an ext4 formatted partition to RAM, execute
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+3. To read and load a file from an ext4-formatted partition to RAM, run:
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ext4load <interface> <dev[:part]> [addr] [filename] [bytes]
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ext4load <interface> <dev[:part]> [addr] [filename] [bytes]
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For example:
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For example:
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UBOOT #ext4load mmc 2:2 0x30007fc0 uImage
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UBOOT #ext4load mmc 2:2 0x30007fc0 uImage
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-4. To write a file to a ext4 formatted partition.
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+4. To write a file to an ext4-formatted partition.
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a) First load a file to RAM at a particular address for example 0x30007fc0.
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a) First load a file to RAM at a particular address for example 0x30007fc0.
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- Now execute ext4write command
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+ Now execute ext4write command:
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ext4write <interface> <dev[:part]> [filename] [Address] [sizebytes]
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ext4write <interface> <dev[:part]> [filename] [Address] [sizebytes]
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For example:
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For example:
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UBOOT #ext4write mmc 2:2 /boot/uImage 0x30007fc0 6183120
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UBOOT #ext4write mmc 2:2 /boot/uImage 0x30007fc0 6183120
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(here 6183120 is the size of the file to be written)
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(here 6183120 is the size of the file to be written)
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