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1.1       wiki        1: [[!template id=project
                      2: 
                      3: title="Add FFS support to U-Boot"
                      4: 
                      5: contact="""
                      6: [port-arm](mailto:port-arm@NetBSD.org)
                      7: """
                      8: 
                      9: mentors="""
                     10: [Jared McNeill](mailto:port-arm@NetBSD.org)
                     11: """
                     12: 
                     13: category="kernel"
                     14: difficulty="easy"
                     15: duration="3 months"
                     16: 
                     17: description="""
                     18: 
                     19: Add support for reading files from a BSD Fast File System from within U-Boot. Typically, on ARM boards where we boot NetBSD with U-Boot we require the kernel to live on an MSDOS or Linux Ext2/3/4 file-system. It would be nice if we could load a kernel directly from FFSv1 or FFSv2 instead.
                     20: 
                     21: This project requires access to an ARM board that is supported by mainline U-Boot and NetBSD.
                     22: 
                     23: **Milestones:**
                     24: 
                     25: * Add an ffs driver to U-Boot (read-only)
1.2     ! wiki       26: * Add the following commands to U-Boot: *ffssize*, *ffsload*, *ffsls*
1.1       wiki       27: * Add this new driver to existing U-Boot packages (sysutils/u-boot*) in pkgsrc
                     28: * Update armv7.img to support booting directly from FFS.
                     29: * Modify sysinst to allow for installation without an MSDOS partition.
                     30:   * Some of this will be SoC-specific. Need to detect the SoC type and select the correct kernel/dtb and adjust partition layout to not interfere with U-Boot / SoC specific bootloaders.
                     31: 
                     32: **Extended goals:**
                     33: 
                     34: * Add write support to the U-Boot ffs driver
1.2     ! wiki       35: * Add an *ffswrite* command
        !            36: * Compatibility with FreeBSD UFS
1.1       wiki       37: * Submit U-Boot FFS driver for inclusion with mainline U-Boot
                     38: 
                     39: """
                     40: ]]
                     41: 
                     42: [[!tag gsoc]]