[U-Boot] fatls/fatload for NAND (partition)

[U-Boot] fatls/fatload for NAND (partition)

[peterlu]

Has anyone tried/incorporated the use of the FAT tools to access NAND
storage?  I know one can use fatls on usb and mmc (which are "boot"
devices), but it seems natural that one should be able to use the FAT tools
on NAND as well, perhaps through some pseudo-device (that maps to some NAND
partition(s)).  This would allow Linux to set up some mtd partition(s) as
vfat and U-boot to get to the same partition(s) as well.

Thanks for any input.

PL

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[U-Boot] fatls/fatload for NAND (partition)

[Scott Wood]

On 04/18/2012 01:22 PM, peterlu wrote:
> 
> Has anyone tried/incorporated the use of the FAT tools to access NAND
> storage?  I know one can use fatls on usb and mmc (which are "boot"
> devices), but it seems natural that one should be able to use the FAT tools
> on NAND as well, perhaps through some pseudo-device (that maps to some NAND
> partition(s)).  This would allow Linux to set up some mtd partition(s) as
> vfat and U-boot to get to the same partition(s) as well.

You would need a flash translation layer in between the FAT filesystem
and raw NAND.

Any reason not to use ubifs instead?

-Scott