[U-Boot] [PATCH] at91sam9x5: mmc: save environment as a file in FAT partition.

Andreas Bießmann andreas.devel at googlemail.com
Sun Mar 10 16:55:17 CET 2013


Dear Josh Wu,

On 22.02.2013 11:36, Josh Wu wrote:
> Hi, Bo Shen
>
> Sorry for the late reply. I am taken over by other stuff. check my
> comments below.
>
> On 1/23/2013 5:31 PM, Bo Shen wrote:
>> Hi Josh,
>>
>> On 01/22/2013 04:36 PM, Josh Wu wrote:
>>> This patch will save U-Boot environment as a file: uboot.env, in FAT
>>> partition
>>> instead of saving it in raw sector of SD card.
>>> Since saving environment in raw sector has risk of corrupting the SD
>>> card and
>>> only can use very small size.
>>> Save as a FAT file has no above limitation.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Josh Wu<josh.wu at atmel.com>
>>> ---
>>> this patch is based on v2013.01.
>>>
>>>   include/configs/at91sam9x5ek.h |   12 +++++++-----
>>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> When I test this on at91sam9g35ek board, execute "saveenv", it will
>> report following information, any information for this?
>
> I also tested some sd card, and I meet this issue you met too.
> In such situation,  the command "mmc part" will report a unknow
> partition error.
> I suspect the issue is caused by either mmc driver or FAT partition part
> of code.
> And I will continue digging this issue. Thanks for report the errors.

Have you an updated version of this patch?

Best regards

Andreas Bießmann


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