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Re: JFFS2 eCos port updated.
- From: "Gary D. Thomas" <gary dot thomas at mind dot be>
- To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead dot org>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 27 Jan 2003 08:29:08 -0700
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] JFFS2 eCos port updated.
- References: <725.1043681053@passion.cambridge.redhat.com>
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 08:24, David Woodhouse wrote:
> The current JFFS2 code has been updated to work in eCos again, and the
> master CVS tree contains a script which can be used to make an EPK of it.
>
> The core JFFS2 code is now almost clear of Linuxisms, which mean all the
> Linux-like code in the eCos parts are now almost entirely inexcusable.
>
> While I'm happy to maintain the core parts and make sure they remain
> portable enough to continue working in eCos, I'd quite like a volunteer to
> maintain the eCos-specific bits of JFFS2 -- preferably starting with a
> rewrite :)
>
> It'd also be nice to see RedBoot commands added for mounting, reading and
> possibly also writing to JFFS2 partitions -- other bootloaders have been
> able to boot Linux kernels from a JFFS2 partition for some time now, and
> it's a shame RedBoot can't do it when all the actual code to do the JFFS2
> parts is there already.
>
> Any volunteers?
Count me in :-) I've been wanting to do this for a long time
as well, so now's as good a time as ever.
What do we need to do to merge your work (as a starting point)
to the eCos [public, anonCVS] tree?
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