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[U-Boot] Booting from ext2/ext3
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Hi all,
how does the implementation of the ext2 module work in u-boot? As I see, u-boot can load the kernel from an ext2 file system using ext2load. Unfortunately, this command is not included in my build of u-boot. Did I miss some compile-switch, or do I have to explicitly include ext2fs.h somewhere? How can I enable the ext2/ext3 functionality? Another related question is, if I can format an ext2/ext3 drive from u-boot or how I can bring up a new image to my internal device, once u-boot is running. Cheers Matthias Dunda _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot |
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Dear "Dunda, Matthias",
In message < [hidden email]> you wrote: > > As I see, u-boot can load the kernel from an ext2 file system using > ext2load. > > Unfortunately, this command is not included in my build of u-boot. Did I > miss some compile-switch, or do I have to explicitly include ext2fs.h > somewhere? How can I enable the ext2/ext3 functionality? This depends on CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 > Another related question is, if I can format an ext2/ext3 drive from u-boot > or how I can bring up a new image to my internal device, once u-boot is > running. You cannot. U-Boot supports only read-only accesses to the file systems. You can load and write complete images to flash, but you cannot use U-Boot to "mkfs" or to write individual files. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [hidden email] No question is too silly to ask. Of course, some questions are too silly to to answer... - L. Wall & R. L. Schwartz, _Programming Perl_ _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot |
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Re: [U-Boot] Booting from ext2/ext3
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> > Unfortunately, this command is not included in my build of
> u-boot. Did > > I miss some compile-switch, or do I have to explicitly include > > ext2fs.h somewhere? How can I enable the ext2/ext3 functionality? > > This depends on CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 > Thanks, I added this along with CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION to my board configuration file - which so far is a copy of the MPC8568MDS.h During the final linking I get the following errors: common/libcommon.a(cmd_ext2.o): In function `do_ext2load': u-boot-2009.11.1/common/cmd_ext2.c:193: undefined reference to `get_partition_info' fs/ext2/libext2fs.a(dev.o): In function `ext2fs_set_blk_dev': u-boot-2009.11.1/fs/ext2/dev.c:45: undefined reference to `get_partition_info' make: *** [u-boot] Error 1 Full build output is attached. What's the issue here? Cheers Matthias _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot |
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Re: [U-Boot] Booting from ext2/ext3
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Dear Matthias,
In message < [hidden email]> you wrote: > > > > I miss some compile-switch, or do I have to explicitly include > > > ext2fs.h somewhere? How can I enable the ext2/ext3 functionality? > > > > This depends on CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 > > Thanks, I added this along with CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION to my board > configuration file - which so far is a copy of the MPC8568MDS.h > > During the final linking I get the following errors: > > common/libcommon.a(cmd_ext2.o): In function `do_ext2load': > u-boot-2009.11.1/common/cmd_ext2.c:193: undefined reference to > `get_partition_info'
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> What's the issue here? Hm... this is U-Boot release v2009.11.1, correct? In your log you can see that the relevant source file, disk/part.c, gets compiled: ... 219 make -C disk/ 220 make[1]: Entering directory `u-boot-2009.11.1/disk' 221 ppc_85xx-gcc -g -Os -mrelocatable -fPIC -ffixed-r14 -meabi -D__KERNEL__ -DTEXT_BASE=0xfff80000 -Iu-boot-2009.11.1/include -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -nostdinc -isystem /data/opt/eldk/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/powerpc-linux/4.2.2/include -pipe -DCONFIG_PPC -D__powerpc__ -ffixed-r2 -Wa,-me500 -msoft-float -mno-string -mspe=yes -mno-spe -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-stack-protector -o part.o part.c -c ... Try running "nm" on the object file; you should see something like this: -> ppc_85xx-nm disk/part.o 00000000 d block_drvr 000000dc T dev_print 0000031c T get_dev 000002a0 T get_partition_info U get_partition_info_dos 000002dc T init_part 00000004 T print_part U print_part_dos U printf U puts U scsi_get_dev U strlen U strncmp U test_part_dos In my test "get_partition_info" gets defined as "T"ext symbol as needed. What do you get? Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [hidden email] It all seemed, he thought, to be rather a lot of trouble to go to just sharpen a razor blade. - Terry Pratchett, _The Light Fantastic_ _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot |
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Re: [U-Boot] Booting from ext2/ext3
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Good Morning Wolfgang,
> > > Dear Matthias, > > In message > < [hidden email]-na > val.de> you wrote: > > > > `get_partition_info' > ... > > What's the issue here? > > Hm... this is U-Boot release v2009.11.1, correct? >
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Yes correct, but it happens in 2009.08, too.
> > In your log you can see that the relevant source file, > disk/part.c, gets compiled: > > Try running "nm" on the object file; you should see something > like this: > The output of ppc_85xx-nm *.o in disk/ looks a little "weak": part_dos.o: part.o: 00000000 T get_dev These are the sizes: total 108 -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 5428 2010-03-31 15:56 libdisk.a -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 1585 2010-02-02 15:59 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 9756 2010-02-02 15:59 part_amiga.c -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 3524 2010-02-02 15:59 part_amiga.h -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 9470 2010-02-02 15:59 part.c -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 7369 2010-02-02 15:59 part_dos.c -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 1908 2010-02-02 15:59 part_dos.h -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 1632 2010-03-31 15:56 part_dos.o -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 11910 2010-02-02 15:59 part_efi.c -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 4650 2010-02-02 15:59 part_efi.h -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 8056 2010-02-02 15:59 part_iso.c -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 7771 2010-02-02 15:59 part_iso.h -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 6278 2010-02-02 15:59 part_mac.c -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 3517 2010-02-02 15:59 part_mac.h -rw-r--r-- 1 dunda users 3592 2010-03-31 15:56 part.o I did a fresh build after extracting the 2009.08 archive with make CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_85xx- MPC8568MDS_config make CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_85xx- all The only change I applied before is 419a420 > #define CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION 430a432,433 > #define CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 > #define CONFIG_CMD_FAT to include/configs/MPC8568MDS.h Cheers Matthias Dunda _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot |
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Re: [U-Boot] Booting from ext2/ext3
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Dear Matthias,
In message < [hidden email]> you wrote: > > > Hm... this is U-Boot release v2009.11.1, correct? > > Yes correct, but it happens in 2009.08, too. Strange... > The output of ppc_85xx-nm *.o in disk/ looks a little "weak": > > part_dos.o: > > part.o: > 00000000 T get_dev > Indeed. That's nothing. > The only change I applied before is > > 419a420 > > #define CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION > 430a432,433 > > #define CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 > > #define CONFIG_CMD_FAT > > to include/configs/MPC8568MDS.h It seems you are missing the device driver support. If you check the code in "disk/part.c" you will see this: ... 218 #if (defined(CONFIG_CMD_IDE) || \ 219 defined(CONFIG_CMD_MG_DISK) || \ 220 defined(CONFIG_CMD_SATA) || \ 221 defined(CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) || \ 222 defined(CONFIG_CMD_USB) || \ 223 defined(CONFIG_MMC) || \ 224 defined(CONFIG_SYSTEMACE) ) 225 226 #if defined(CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION) || \ 227 defined(CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION) || \ 228 defined(CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION) || \ 229 defined(CONFIG_AMIGA_PARTITION) || \ 230 defined(CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION) ... You have CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION defined, which satisfies the second block conditions; please check if you also have IDE, MG_DISK, SATA, SCSI, USB, MMC or SYSTEMACE enabled in your configuration - and if not, then please explain which device you actually intend to use? Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [hidden email] It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster. - Voltaire _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot |
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Re: [U-Boot] Booting from ext2/ext3
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Dear Wolfgang,
> > > > to include/configs/MPC8568MDS.h > > It seems you are missing the device driver support. If you > check the code in "disk/part.c" you will see this: > > ... > 218 #if (defined(CONFIG_CMD_IDE) || \ > 219 defined(CONFIG_CMD_MG_DISK) || \ > 220 defined(CONFIG_CMD_SATA) || \ > 221 defined(CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) || \ > 222 defined(CONFIG_CMD_USB) || \ > 223 defined(CONFIG_MMC) || \ > 224 defined(CONFIG_SYSTEMACE) )
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Indeed, there was something missing! I added the configurations like
described in doc/README.usb: CONFIG_CMD_USB CONFIG_USB_UHCI CONFIG_USB_STORAGE It seems, like these aren't sufficient - again at final linking stage I get missing references (see attachment). At least disk/part.o has some symbols now: 00000000 d block_drvr 000000dc T dev_print 0000031c T get_dev 000002a0 T get_partition_info U get_partition_info_dos 000002dc T init_part 00000004 T print_part U print_part_dos U printf U puts U strlen U strncmp U test_part_dos U usb_stor_get_dev Anyhow, get_partition_info_dos and others are undefined :-( The goal is to boot from an USB Disk-on-Module, formatted either ext2/3 or maybe FAT. Happy Easter - all! Matthias _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot |
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Re: [U-Boot] Booting from ext2/ext3
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Dear Matthias,
In message < [hidden email]> you wrote: > > Indeed, there was something missing! I added the configurations like > described in doc/README.usb: > > CONFIG_CMD_USB > CONFIG_USB_UHCI > CONFIG_USB_STORAGE > > It seems, like these aren't sufficient - again at final linking stage I get > missing references (see attachment).
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> Anyhow, get_partition_info_dos and others are undefined :-( This one depends on CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION and the same set we had before, so if you have CONFIG_CMD_USB and CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION it _should_ be there. Did you try a "make mrproper" to force a full rebuild? > The goal is to boot from an USB Disk-on-Module, formatted either ext2/3 or > maybe FAT. > > Happy Easter - all! I'm sure you will find some eggs in U-Boot :-) Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [hidden email] The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime tele- vision. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot |