Formatting DOSFS volume

[Eugeny S. Mints]

Joel Sherrill  wrote:
> Etienne Fortin wrote:
> 
>> Hi Bogdan,
>> Yeah, it would be great to collaborate on that. I was out for the last
>> two days but now I'll start working on that. Do you have the code you
>> were talking about?
>>
>> Question: Should the code be put in libfs/src/dosfs OR as a little
>> librarie that you link with RTEMS?
> 
> 
> I think it should be included as a separate file in libfs/src/dosfs.
> 
> I suspect that in practice, people will have some type of small
> application that is a maintenance program to do system setup.
> There is often some type of utility set for an application used by
> manufacturing to prepare the base hardware platform and load the
> real application.
> 
> Or at least a maintenance menu available from the application itself.

I agree with Joel.

> 
>> Have a nice day.
>>
>> Etienne
>> Sensio
>>
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : Bogdan Vacaliuc [mailto:bvacaliuc at ngit.com] Envoyé : 12 octobre, 
>> 2004 13:20
>> À : 'Thomas Doerfler'; 'Eugeny S. Mints'; 'Etienne Fortin'
>> Objet : RE: RE : Formatting DOSFS volume
>>
>>
>> Greetings Everyone,
>>
>> I was on vacation until today, so am joining you all a bit late.
>>
>> I have code and some resources for a FAT12/FAT16 format but it is not
>> under RTEMS.  I also plan to port this code into RTEMS for my project in
>> approximately the same time frame as Thomas.
>>
>> Shall we collaborate?  I also have a MIPS-based CSB350 which can be used
>> to carry out tests.
>>
>> To start with, here are some references:
>>
>> http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/1/161ba512-40e2-4cc9-843a-923
>> 143f3456c/fatgen103.pdf
>> http://my.execpc.com/~geezer/osd/fs/
>>
>> My code is based on Philip Erdelsky's "Reentrant DOS Compatible File
>> System v2.0": http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~pje/rdcf2.txt
>>
>> I have extended it in the following ways:
>>
>> + Extended FAT16 support to 2GB
>> + Implemented dynamic BPB parameter generation based on Microsoft's + 
>> specifications. Implemented bad sector detection and mapping (useful + 
>> for NAND flash).
>>
>> Let me know if you are interested in code snippets from my project (It
>> wont use RTEMS function calls, but RDCF2 function calls, etc.).
>>
>> Also, what RTEMS distribution are you all working off of?  (Probably the
>> CVS tree-right?  I have been working with the official 4.6.1 patched
>> with the CSB350 BSP from Jay.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> -bogdan
>>
>>
>> On Friday, October 08, 2004 12:46 PM, Thomas Doerfler wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> so now we are two volunteers :-) Actually I have
>>> already been contracted by a customer to create a 
>>> partitioner/formatter for DOSFS, and it is in my schedule for the next
>>
>>
>>
>>> four weeks to implement it :-)
>>>
>>> Etienne, what are your schedule plans about it?
>>>
>>> wkr,
>>> Thomas.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Great!:)
>>>>
>>>> But probably it's a good idea to get at least one more feedback since
>>
>>
>>
>>>> there is a little chance I missed something and somebody has already 
>>>> done a tool for DOSFS formatting. But most porbably if does not exist.
>>>>
>>>> Etienne Fortin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That's exactly what I'm intending to do ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> Etienne
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>>>> De : Eugeny S. Mints [mailto:emints at ru.mvista.com]
>>>>> Envoyé : 8 octobre, 2004 10:04
>>>>> À : Etienne Fortin
>>>>> Cc : rtems-users at rtems.com
>>>>> Objet : Re: Formatting DOSFS volume
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Etienne,
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately there is no yet:(
>>>>> You are welcome to implement:)
>>>>>
>>>>>             Eugeny Mints
>>>>>
>>>>> Etienne Fortin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> Is there any utility or code snippet out there for RTEMS that can 
>>>>>> be used to format a volume in the DOSFS file system? Or is there 
>>>>>> anything
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> built-in to RTEMS that does just that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Etienne Fortin
>>>>>> Sensio
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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