Getting started with FAT Filesystem on SD/MMC cards over SPI

[Chris Johns]

Joel Sherrill wrote:
> Robert S. Grimes wrote:
>> Chris Johns wrote:
>>> Robert S. Grimes wrote:
>>>  
>>>> P.S. Sounds like a request for a "HowTo" on my part - I'd be happy 
>>>> to write one for the Wiki...
>>>>     
>>>
>>> This is a work in progress and I will be updating these pages.
>>>
>>>   http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/File_Systems
>>>
>>> Any feedback is welcome and any updates to the pages even more welcome.
>>>   
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Thanks - I'll be sure to provide any feedback/updates from my 
>> experiences!
>>
>> Hi Joel,
>>
>> Shouldn't we set up a HowTo link on the Wiki main page, in a prominent 
>> location?  This page would be an index into contributed HowTo articles 
>> that users may freely add.
> Just added it along with a HowTo Wiki page with a couple of links.
> 
> Also added a link to the File_Systems page

Thanks and sorry about this. I forgot I had written this page. The search 
failed yesterday but works today after being linked from the main page. I 
wonder if linking the page effects the searching.

>>
>> I searched the Wiki yesterday before posting, and did not find his 
>> page.  I searched for "filesystem", which provided several general 
>> RTEMS feature pages, but not the above page; in order to find that 
>> one, you need to enter "file systems".  If you enter "file system" 
>> instead, then you get another page from Chris:
>>
>>     http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/Using_the_RTEMS_DOS_File_System
>>
>> but not the other one.
>>
>> This is not the first time I've been referred to useful information on 
>> the Wiki that I could not find using the search feature.
>>
> That says a lot about how far the Wiki has come.  But it also shows
> that information categoriization and management is every bit as
> important as information creation. :-D

I only added it yesterday in response to the posting. It may take a while for 
the search data to catch up. :-)

> 
> Can you please take Sebastian's information along with whatever
> you can put together as you go into the beginnings of a chapter in
> the BSP Guide on i2c, spi and serial buses?  Even if you just keep
> raw text with the information and get me to format it when you
> are done, it would be a big leg up.  It is a hole in that manual
> that needs to be addressed.
> 
> To everyone, the BSP and Driver Manual is always going to be
> a work in process.  Please submit changes, improvements, new
> chapters on different device drivers.  It is a very difficult manual
> to make sure it covers everything and as things change, it is the
> hardest to keep up to date and cover new topics.
>> Thanks for the continued great efforts!
>> -Bob
>>
>>> Regards
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>   
>>
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