Re: [ECOS] - RAM File system

["R. Vamshi Krishna" <vamshi at cse dot iitb dot ac dot in>]

Gary Thomas wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 19:06 +0530, rpai@it.iitb.ac.in wrote:
>  
>
> >   hello ........
> >
> >           I have an application that uses data given by the user. So the
> > question is how can i get data into the redboot , which format
> > of file I should store the data. I am using the RAM file
> > system....
> >
> >       Can any one tell me a way to get data into redboot...
> >    
>
> Why would you want the data "into RedBoot?"  If the application
> needs the data, have it fetch it itself, e.g. using TFTP.
>
> If you want the data to be permanent, then you could keep it in
> a FLASH image (managed by RedBoot).  Since the RAM file system is
> dynamic (purely created at runtime), you may need to fetch the
> data in some other fashion and then load it into the RAM file system.
> Another alternative would be to keep the data in some other form,
> e.g. JFFS2 or ROM file system.
>
>  
And if we also create a file during the execution of the application and 
want to make it available to us
even after the termination of the application, what  do we have to do ?

For instance we would want to keep track of packets that violate a 
condition.
So to keep track of such things, we would want store this info for 
analysis offline.

-- Vamshi

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