Dear Vasili,
In message d69e639dbb744e9ca4c7742f42c82b81@EX13.visionmap.co.il you wrote:
On our system, we are interested in keeping all files, including the OS image and U-Boot second stage on FAT filesystem residing on a SPI flash.
I have not found existing U-Boot support for such functionality. Have I missed it?
We do not have FAT suppot on flash devices yet.
In any case, I'm willing to implement this, do you see it reasonable incorporating such code into U-Boot? (if it passes review of course)
I think the best way to implement this would require a two staged approach: in the first stage, U-Boot should adapte the device driver model we've been waiting for so long; in the second stage, the file system support would more or less fall into place on to of the then existing storage device drivers.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk