FreeCalypso > hg > freecalypso-tools
changeset 709:9b0ad72184e3
doc/Host-tools-overview: tiffs-mkfs documented
| author | Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org> |
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| date | Sat, 23 May 2020 03:16:21 +0000 |
| parents | e2e4aed24522 |
| children | c1f72d807250 |
| files | doc/Host-tools-overview |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/Host-tools-overview Sat May 23 02:50:06 2020 +0000 +++ b/doc/Host-tools-overview Sat May 23 03:16:21 2020 +0000 @@ -256,3 +256,13 @@ FFS modifications. tiffs is the main program, whereas mokoffs and pirffs are convenience wrappers for the common FFS configurations from Openmoko and Pirelli. + +tiffs-mkfs This utility constructs a TI flash file system (TIFFS) image + completely from scratch "in vitro", containing initial directory + and file content given by a Unix directory and file tree on the + host system. The resulting image can then be flashed into a + Calypso GSM device running FreeCalypso firmware. Please note + that FFS images made with tiffs-mkfs are acceptable ONLY to + FreeCalypso firmware versions as of 2020-05-22 or later (prior + versions contain a bug in their handling of journal creation on + boot), and are NOT approved for use with any non-FC firmwares.