topic Re: How to format partitions in sdcard image in i.MX Processors

How to format partitions in sdcard image

brendanta — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 05:50:53 GMT

Hello,

I am looking at generating my own IMAGE_FSTYPES=sdcard image. I have copied the 'meta-fsl-arm/classes/image_types_fsl.bbclass' class and modified it slightly so that there are three partitions rather than two. I am looking to include a third partition which is formatted as FAT (vfat) so that files can be added onto the sdcard so that they do not sit alongside files in the boot partition or the root file system.

I have made additions to the 'generate_imx_sdcard()` function where I create a new partition:

generate_imx_sdcard () {
# Create partition table
parted -s ${SDCARD} mklabel msdos
parted -s ${SDCARD} unit KiB mkpart primary fat32 ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} $(expr ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \+ ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED})
parted -s ${SDCARD} unit KiB mkpart primary $(expr ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \+ ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED}) $(expr ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \+ ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED} \+ $ROOTFS_SIZE)
# Line below is the new partition I have added
parted -s ${SDCARD} unit KiB mkpart primary fat32 $(expr ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \+ ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED} \+ $ROOTFS_SIZE) $(expr ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} \+ ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED} \+ $ROOTFS_SIZE \+ ${THIRD_PARTITION})
parted ${SDCARD} print

I have ensured that the total sdcard side accommodates this by including this:

IMAGE_CMD_sdcard () {
if [ -z "${SDCARD_ROOTFS}" ]; then
bberror "SDCARD_ROOTFS is undefined. To use sdcard image from Freescale's BSP it needs to be defined."
exit 1
fi
# Align boot partition and calculate total SD card image size
BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED=$(expr ${BOOT_SPACE} + ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} - 1)
BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED=$(expr ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED} - ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED} % ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT})
SDCARD_SIZE=$(expr ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} + ${BOOT_SPACE_ALIGNED} + $ROOTFS_SIZE + ${IMAGE_ROOTFS_ALIGNMENT} + ${THIRD_PARTITION})

The question/problem that I have is, how do I format this newly created partition?

I understand that a regular method of doing this would be something along the lines of:

mkfs.vfat -n "Partition Name" /dev/sdd

Where I supply a device, however I am unsure how to go about this in Yocto?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: How to format partitions in sdcard image

b36401 — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 07:00:18 GMT

You can format this partition with "mkfs.vfat /dev/sdd" shell command later, after Yocto.

Have a great day,
Victor

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Re: How to format partitions in sdcard image

BiyongSUN — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 05:34:07 GMT

Please refer to
AndroidSDCARDMirrorCreator
https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-329596

Re: How to format partitions in sdcard image

brendanta — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 01:33:32 GMT

Thanks for your reply. That is currently the solution I am doing however I am after a more complete solution with the .bbclass file handling formatting and partitioning.

Re: How to format partitions in sdcard image

jbirdvegas — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:36:54 GMT

The link is now 404 so if you have experience customizing the format please share.

Re: How to format partitions in sdcard image

lakshaypiplani — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:29:20 GMT

Can someone explain all the steps in detail