Stefan Roese wrote: > Hi Marcelo, > > On Tuesday 31 March 2009, DATACOM - Mallmann wrote: > >> I'm trying to use UBI and UBIFS over a nand device. I want to create a >> mtd partition in u-boot (with ubi part command), save a ubifs image >> (with mkfs.ubifs), mount and load it with ubifs commands. >> > > The easiest way to write an UBIFS image in U-Boot is to generate an UBI image > with includes the UBIFS volume. This is done after "mkfs.ubifs" using > the "ubinize" command. This creates an UBI image which can be written to > FLASH via the "normal" commands ("cp.b" for NOR, "nand write" for NAND). > > Here a link for some background: > > http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/ubifs.html#L_mkfubifs > > <snip> > > >> By >> the way, is a volume created in u-boot able to be used in linux kernel >> in read-write mode? >> > > Sure. You can write an UBIFS image in U-Boot and use it read-only here. And > later in Linux you can mount it read-write and write to it. Next time in > U-Boot you will see the changes. > > Best regards, > Stefan > > ===================================================================== > DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel > HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany > Phone: +49-8142-66989-0 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: off...@denx.de > ===================================================================== > > Hi Stefan,
Thanks a lot for the tip. It works fine and pretty fast, like I expected. =D -- Marcelo MALLMANN Dias DATACOM Av.França,735-Porto Alegre,RS-90230-220 Fone 3358.1332 Fax 3358.0101 Site: www.datacom.ind.br e-mail: mallm...@datacom.ind.br _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot