Simple Newbie Questions for MTD and JFFS

Simple Newbie Questions for MTD and JFFS

[mark.langsdorf]

After a lot of running around in circles and poking at the
code, I've finally gotten my AMD-CFI flash bank to mount 
with jffs.  That's great, but now what do I do?

If I copy a file directly into the mount point, it doesn't
show up the next time I mount the flash.  If I use mkfs.jffs
to create an image and copy that into flash, I can see the
image but I can't access the files that I put into it.

I guess I'm asking if there's any documentation or hints on
how to use the files in the util/ directory, as well as how
mtd and jffs are supposed to work once they've mounted.

Mark Langsdorf
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc             Tel: 512.602.3756
5204 E. Ben White Blvd. M/S 590         Fax: 512.602.5051
Austin, TX 78741                        mark.langsdorf@amd.com


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Re: Simple Newbie Questions for MTD and JFFS

[David Woodhouse]

mark.langsdorf@amd.com said:
>  If I copy a file directly into the mount point, it doesn't show up
> the next time I mount the flash.  If I use mkfs.jffs to create an
> image and copy that into flash, I can see the image but I can't access
> the files that I put into it. 

That's odd. Are you 100% sure that the physical write support for your 
flash chips is working? When you make an image with mkfs.jffs, how are you 
writing that to the flash?

You _are_ using the latest version from CVS, aren't you?


mark.langsdorf@amd.com said:
> I guess I'm asking if there's any documentation or hints on how to use
> the files in the util/ directory, 

Erase a single erase block in a device:
	erase <device> <offset>
e.g.:	erase /dev/mtd0 0

Erase a whole device:
	eraseall <device>
e.g.:	eraseall /dev/mtd0

Load an image into a device:
	doc_loadbios <device> <image>
e.g.:	doc_loadbios /dev/mtd0 myimage.jffs
 (note: This doesn't erase to the end of the device, only as far as is 
necessary to load the image. Use 'eraseall' beforehand if necessary)

> as well as how mtd and jffs are supposed to work once they've mounted. 

Once JFFS is mounted, it should just work. It does for me.


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