Hi Enrico, On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Enrico Joerns <ejo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Yegor, > > On 10/06/2016 03:55 PM, Yegor Yefremov wrote: >> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Enrico Jorns <ejo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> This adds `filetype_squashfs` to the list of known filetypes and adds a >>> detection for squashfs files to file_detect_type(). This currently >>> matches on the `hsqs` start sequence of an image file. >>> >>> Additionally, the newly introduced filetype is registered as the type of >>> the squashfs_driver which allows, for example, to mount squashfs without >>> the need to specify a type parameter. >>> >>> This changes enable booting a squashfs with the simple `boot` command >>> pointing to the location (device) that holds the squashfs. >>> >>> Note that booting with blspec is limited as the current squashfs driver >>> is not capable of handling symbolic links. >> >> >> Glad to see SquashFS will be used not only by myself :-) > > > glad to see that, too ;) > >> Could you explain how one can write a rootfs.sqaushfs to a ubiblock >> from Linux and then what steps are needed in barebox? >> >> So far I've only found this info about ubiblock: >> http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/ubi.html#L_ubiblock, but it >> doesn't say much. > > > Yes, the informations provided are a bit sparse.. > >> My actions were: >> >> ubiattach -p /dev/mtd5 >> ubiblock --create /dev/ubi0_0 >> ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_0 rootfs.squashfs >> >> Can I mount /dev/ubi0_0 via mount? If yes, what parameters I should use? > > > The above commands look pretty similar to what I did. Mounting the ubiblock > device does work too, with a little pitfall, mount will be confused by > having a read-only file system but nobody told it before. > So you must do > > mount -o ro /dev/ubiblock0_0 /mnt/test > >> How can I mount this volume in barebox step-by-step? > > > Using it in barebox is pretty easy, as the ubiblock layer is not required > there: > > ubiattach /dev/nand0.root > ubiupdatevol /dev/nand0.root.ubi.ubivolname rootfs.squashfs > mkdir /mnt/test > mount /dev/nand0.root.ubi.ubivolname /mnt/test > > > To boot via bootspec form a ubi containing a squashfs, you simply need to > > boot /dev/nand0.root.ubi.ubivolname > > > Hope that helps. Everything is working like a charm. I just had a problem with my ccache and hence both my kernel and barebox got compiled without squashfs support :-) So here is my: Tested-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks. Yegor _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
