File systems, PFS3, FFS and Early boot menu

Gilloo · 18 June 2015, 16:02

Hello world,
I try to unmount partitions with the unmount command of this package
http://aminet.net/package/driver/other/anaiis

FAT95 ok, can mount and unmount for a while.
PFS3aio only once

, after unmount the device list is locked.
FFS never, FFS never die.

1) Is FFS source code still exist ? where ?
2) Is it normal for PFS3 ?
3) Is the source code or patched code of the boot menu with a true menu button, not the ugly hardware test of the port 1... exists for use with a usb mouse at boot time.

Thanks a lot.

Daedalus · 19 June 2015, 14:23

1) FFS is still part of AmigaOS and so it's closed source.

2) I don't know about PFS3, but you should be able to unmounts any partition, regardless of the file system. I expect there's some limitation of the combination of ANAIIS and FFS that's causing the problem. There may be a lock that doesn't get released, try running SnoopDOS before you mount and unmounts the volume.

3) Not sure what you mean. USB mice can only be used for the early startup screen if you have your USB stack built into flash or a custom ROM or something similar.

Toni Wilen · 19 June 2015, 15:11

I may feel bored enough to check pfs3 if you describe exactly what unmounting does (what calls, what parameters). Listing some source is not good enough, sorry

thomas · 19 June 2015, 15:44

It probably sends an ACTION_DIE packet. That's what KillDev from IDEfix does, too. And that's what is not supported by FFS.

While you are at it, PFS also keeps the DOS list locked on exit if OpenDevice fails (when using a mountlist). Perhaps the same cause.

Gilloo · 19 June 2015, 16:09

@deadalus
1)

2) ANAIIS is not frozen, usb still working, but DOS list are disabled.
3) The stack is resident, loaded from disk.
With the 3.1 ROM early startup, the usb mouse movements are taken into account, but not the buttons, it still use the hardware port 1.

thomas · 19 June 2015, 16:11

Poseidon comes with an updated input.device which enables USB mice in the early startup menu.

Gilloo · 19 June 2015, 16:19

@Toni (files attached)

For unmounting it starts with ACTION_DISK_INFO
then ACTION_INHIBIT (DOSTRUE)
then ACTION_DIE
then ACTION_INHIBIT (DOSFALSE)

FAT95 unmounts immediatly, but not others filesystems.

Gilloo · 19 June 2015, 16:22

@thomas, it works with 3.5 or 3.9 patches, but never with 3.1, hardware is tested instead of input.device

18 June 2015, 16:02	#1
Gilloo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Grenoble, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe, Earth Posts: 287	File systems, PFS3, FFS and Early boot menu Hello world, I try to unmount partitions with the unmount command of this package http://aminet.net/package/driver/other/anaiis FAT95 ok, can mount and unmount for a while. PFS3aio only once , after unmount the device list is locked. FFS never, FFS never die. 1) Is FFS source code still exist ? where ? 2) Is it normal for PFS3 ? 3) Is the source code or patched code of the boot menu with a true menu button, not the ugly hardware test of the port 1... exists for use with a usb mouse at boot time. Thanks a lot.

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19 June 2015, 14:23	#2
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,334	1) FFS is still part of AmigaOS and so it's closed source. 2) I don't know about PFS3, but you should be able to unmounts any partition, regardless of the file system. I expect there's some limitation of the combination of ANAIIS and FFS that's causing the problem. There may be a lock that doesn't get released, try running SnoopDOS before you mount and unmounts the volume. 3) Not sure what you mean. USB mice can only be used for the early startup screen if you have your USB stack built into flash or a custom ROM or something similar.

19 June 2015, 15:11	#3
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,505	I may feel bored enough to check pfs3 if you describe exactly what unmounting does (what calls, what parameters). Listing some source is not good enough, sorry

19 June 2015, 15:44	#4
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	It probably sends an ACTION_DIE packet. That's what KillDev from IDEfix does, too. And that's what is not supported by FFS. While you are at it, PFS also keeps the DOS list locked on exit if OpenDevice fails (when using a mountlist). Perhaps the same cause.

19 June 2015, 16:09	#5
Gilloo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Grenoble, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe, Earth Posts: 287	@deadalus 1) 2) ANAIIS is not frozen, usb still working, but DOS list are disabled. 3) The stack is resident, loaded from disk. With the 3.1 ROM early startup, the usb mouse movements are taken into account, but not the buttons, it still use the hardware port 1.

19 June 2015, 16:11	#6
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	Poseidon comes with an updated input.device which enables USB mice in the early startup menu.

19 June 2015, 16:22	#8
Gilloo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Grenoble, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe, Earth Posts: 287	@thomas, it works with 3.5 or 3.9 patches, but never with 3.1, hardware is tested instead of input.device

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