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Re: Can we boot directly from the MMC card

by Philip Balister :: Rate this Message:

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Michael Thompson wrote:
> Koen,
> Thanks for your reply but I am a little confused. The 'extfsd' program that
> you wrote about. First - Do I use extfsd to create the ext2 filesystem on
> the RS-MMC card? Second - The mmcinit does not support ext2load cmd. I get

I think that is what Koen is suggesting. I haven't tried creating the
file system via windows though. I've found creating ext2 on micro SD
cards to be flaky. I have to find a good usb to SD card interface. Of
course this may be the linus drivers for the card readers.

> the following error:
>
> GUM> mmcinit; ext2load mmc 0:1 0x20008000 /uImage; bootm 0x20008000
>
> CPU: Testing write buffer                        
> MMC found. Card desciption is:                              
> NET: Manufacturer ID = 4d117516                          
> HW/FW Revision = 0 0istered protocol fam
>
> Product Name =  04CMMu?                      
> IP route        
> Serial Number = 1c0000es: 512 (order: -1, 20
>
> Month = 7        
> Year = 2006          
> Unknown command 'ext2load' - try 'help'
Maybe this feature is not selected for the gusmtix u-boot build?

Philip


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