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diff --git a/doc/README.ubi b/doc/README.ubi index da2dfac..3cf4ef2 100644 --- a/doc/README.ubi +++ b/doc/README.ubi @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ UBI usage in U-Boot ------------------- -Here the list of the currently implemented UBI commands: +UBI support in U-Boot is broken down into five separate commands. +The first is the ubi command, which has six subcommands: => help ubi ubi - ubi commands @@ -142,3 +143,80 @@ read 524288 bytes from volume 0 to 900000(buf address) => cmp.b 800000 900000 80000 Total of 524288 bytes were the same + + +Next, the ubifsmount command allows you to access filesystems on the +UBI partition which has been attached with the ubi part command: + +=> help ubifsmount +ubifsmount - mount UBIFS volume + +Usage: +ubifsmount <volume-name> + - mount 'volume-name' volume + +For example: + +=> ubifsmount ubi0:recovery +UBIFS: mounted UBI device 0, volume 0, name "recovery" +UBIFS: mounted read-only +UBIFS: file system size: 46473216 bytes (45384 KiB, 44 MiB, 366 LEBs) +UBIFS: journal size: 6348800 bytes (6200 KiB, 6 MiB, 50 LEBs) +UBIFS: media format: w4/r0 (latest is w4/r0) +UBIFS: default compressor: LZO +UBIFS: reserved for root: 0 bytes (0 KiB) + +Note that unlike Linux, U-Boot can only have one active UBI partition +at a time, which can be referred to as ubi0, and must be supplied along +with the name of the filesystem you are mounting. + + +Once a UBI filesystem has been mounted, the ubifsls command allows you +to list the contents of a directory in the filesystem: + + +=> help ubifsls +ubifsls - list files in a directory + +Usage: +ubifsls [directory] + - list files in a 'directory' (default '/') + +For example: + +=> ubifsls + 17442 Thu Jan 01 02:57:38 1970 imx28-evk.dtb + 2998146 Thu Jan 01 02:57:43 1970 zImage + + +And the ubifsload command allows you to load a file from a UBI +filesystem: + + +=> help ubifsload +ubifsload - load file from an UBIFS filesystem + +Usage: +ubifsload <addr> <filename> [bytes] + - load file 'filename' to address 'addr' + +For example: + +=> ubifsload ${loadaddr} zImage +Loading file 'zImage' to addr 0x42000000 with size 2998146 (0x002dbf82)... +Done + + +Finally, you can unmount the UBI filesystem with the ubifsumount +command: + +=> help ubifsumount +ubifsumount - unmount UBIFS volume + +Usage: +ubifsumount - unmount current volume + +For example: + +=> ubifsumount +Unmounting UBIFS volume recovery! |