Re: [ECOS] 2 Questions: File systems & net-1.0b1.epk

["Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>]

Hi Jeff,

A fellow Australian :)

>to know if there is support available for a DOS compatible FAT file system
>under ecos.  If there is, would it also support storing files on an ATA 
>flash pc
>card and/or compact flash device?

I only have a non-answer for you there: I have written such code, but can't 
release it at this time due to employer restrictions :( The good news is it 
is pretty simple. Of course some adaptation for specific hardware would be 
necessary.

>         Second question topic:  I can't seem to unpack the net-1.0b1.epk 
> tcp/ip
>package.  I am using cygwin (dll version 1.1.8  I've downloaded everything I

There are two answers to this:

1. Although there may be a way to do it from within the admin tool, I 
haven't found it. Rename the file to net-1.0b1.tar.gz and:

gunzip < net-1.0b1.tar.gz | tar xvf -

The contents of the directory thus created should be moved into your 
packages directory inside the eCos repository 
(/c/progra~1/redhat~1/ecos/packages if you installed to the default 
location) and you should then use cat or a text editor to append the 
"pkgadd.db" file that was extracted from the epk to ecos.db (which is in 
the above directory).

2. The 1.3.1 release you're using is pretty old and you might be better off 
getting the latest via CVS. However I have had all sorts of problems trying 
to do anything "tricky" (like, use the latest CVS code!) using 
Cygwin-hosted tools. YMMV.

=== Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (Embedded Engineer)
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