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Apr 29 05:02:53 <happydays> i take it that the fat.ko and vfat.ko for my marvell arm processor is the bootloader so what does .ko stand for?
Apr 29 05:07:27 <happydays> ok, thanks for the help i found out .ko means kernel object file
Apr 29 05:09:31 <happydays> so does fat.ko seach the input/output and vfat.ko point to the actual OS
Apr 29 05:10:00 <happydays> or vice-versa
Apr 29 05:12:07 <scientes> happydays, fat.ko doesn't have support for long file names
Apr 29 05:12:10 <scientes> while vfat does
Apr 29 05:12:21 <scientes> fat is only 7.3 file names
Apr 29 05:16:37 <happydays> scientes: ok but for an arm processor you wouldn't need much anyway
Apr 29 05:16:51 <scientes> happydays, it has nothing to do with the processor
Apr 29 05:17:11 <scientes> like, a mobile phone uses 7.3 safe file names
Apr 29 05:17:16 <scientes> **digital camera
Apr 29 05:17:21 <scientes> when it uses the fat filesystem
Apr 29 05:17:48 <happydays> doesn't it act as a bootloader for the arm?
Apr 29 05:18:05 <scientes> happydays, that doesn't concern the kernel
Apr 29 05:18:15 <scientes> thats uboot code, if you are using that sort ofsetup
Apr 29 05:18:27 <scientes> (my sheevaplug just uses a flat uImage partition, and then ubifs)
Apr 29 05:18:29 <happydays> oh
Apr 29 05:18:41 <happydays> forgot
Apr 29 05:18:44 <scientes> sure you can also access i from linux
Apr 29 05:19:00 <scientes> but i dont have any comp with that sort of bootloader
Apr 29 05:20:46 <scientes> fat is a VERY simple filesystem
Apr 29 05:20:55 <scientes> both with and without long file names
Apr 29 05:21:53 <happydays> cool ok thanks
Apr 29 05:22:05 <scientes> and for that reason it appears in alot of embedded devices
Apr 29 05:22:12 <scientes> ...and bootloaders
Apr 29 05:30:55 <happydays> i was just running my arm machine got side track on what i was doing and completely forgot about the uboot cause i got into the machine at the password and not the boot lol
Apr 29 05:39:05 <happydays> BTW sheevaplug's are great inexpensive devices great for learning the in's and out's of embedded systems
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