Compile mkspiffs (tool used to generate a SPIFFS image)
Use mkspiffs tool: https://github.com/igrr/mkspiffs
git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:igrr/mkspiffs.git to clone (with sub module)
Note: the sub module here is spiffs source. Unfortunately, these spiffs sources do not match the ones from RTOS SDK. That's why you have to copy the following files:
/path/to/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/third_party/spiffs/*.c (but not esp_spiffs.c) to /path/to/mkspiffs/spiffs/src/
/path/to/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/include/spiffs/spiffs.h to /path/to/mkspiffs/spiffs/src/
/path/to/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/include/spiffs/spiffs_nucleus.h to /path/to/mkspiffs/spiffs/src/
And you have to update the file /path/to/mkspiffs/include/spiffs_config.h with the values from /path/to/ESP8266_RTOS_SDK/include/spiffs/spiffs_config.h
You should keep anyway the value of SPIFFS_TEST_VISUALISATION to 1 in order to be able to compile.
Then compile with make dist
Normally you should not get any errors, but if you get some, you will have to fix them.
Create SPIFFS image
Now put all you files you want in your image in a folder called data/
Note: There should be no subfolder as SPIFFS only works with a flat hierarchy. Max lenght for a file name is 31 characters. When you want to open a file from esp8266, you should add a / before file name (see code)
Generate the image by typing:
/path/to/mkspiffs/mkspiffs –p 256 –b 8192 –s 0xfa000 –c /path/to/data/ spiffs-image.bin
Where:
-p 256 indicates the size of the page (should match what you will put in esp8266 code)
-b 8192 indicates the size of the block (should match what you will put in esp8266 code)
-s 0xfa000 ndicates the size of the image (should match what you will put in esp8266 code). Here our image will go from 0x300000 to 0x3fa000 as from 0x3fc000 we have other images (system param)
Flash SPIFFS image
esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 460800 write_flash 0x300000 spiffs-image.bin
Image is flashed at adress 0x300000
Read SPIFFS image from ESP8266
Here is a code:
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/*
* user_spiffs.c
*
*/
#include "esp_common.h"
#include "spiffs.h"
#include <fcntl.h>
#define FS1_FLASH_SIZE (1000*1024) // Size of SPIFFS image 0xfa000
#define FS1_FLASH_ADDR (3*1024*1024) // Start of SPIFFS image in FLASH memory space 0x300000
#define SECTOR_SIZE (8*1024)
#define LOG_BLOCK (SECTOR_SIZE) // Size of a logical block
#define LOG_PAGE (256) // Size of a logical page
#define FD_BUF_SIZE 32*4
#define CACHE_BUF_SIZE (LOG_PAGE + 32)*8
void spiffs_fs1_init(void)
{
s32_t ret;
struct esp_spiffs_config config;
config.phys_size = FS1_FLASH_SIZE;
config.phys_addr = FS1_FLASH_ADDR;
config.phys_erase_block = SECTOR_SIZE;
config.log_block_size = LOG_BLOCK;
config.log_page_size = LOG_PAGE;
config.fd_buf_size = FD_BUF_SIZE * 2;
config.cache_buf_size = CACHE_BUF_SIZE;
ret = esp_spiffs_init(&config);
if (ret)
os_printf("ERR: Can't init spiffs image!\n");
}
void spiffs_main()
{
char out[20] = { 0 };
int pfd;
int res;
// Mount SPIFFS image
spiffs_fs1_init();
// Create a new file
char *buf = "hello world";
pfd = open("myfile", O_TRUNC | O_CREAT | O_RDWR, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
if (pfd <= 3) {
printf("open file error\n");
}
// Write to new file
int write_byte = write(pfd, buf, strlen(buf));
if (write_byte <= 0) {
printf("write file error\n");
}
close(pfd);
// Read previous created file
pfd = open("myfile", O_RDWR);
if (pfd < 3)
os_printf("ERR: Can't open file! %d\n", pfd);
else {
if (read(pfd, out, 20) < 0)
os_printf("ERR: Can't read file!\n");
close(pfd);
printf("--> %s <--\n", out);
}
// Read file from generated image with mkspiffs tool
pfd = open("/readme.txt", O_RDWR); // !! Don't forget to add the / before the name of the file
if (pfd < 3)
os_printf("ERR: Can't open file! %d\n", pfd);
else {
if (read(pfd, out, 20) < 0)
os_printf("ERR: Can't read file!\n");
close(pfd);
printf("--> %s <--\n", out);
}
}
Note on page, block, address and size parameters
These parameters depend heavily on the memory you are using.
In my case I am using a 4MB flash (Winbond W25Q32FV).
Page size and block size (256 and 8192) are fine for this memory but other values may work also.
For a 4MB flash, address range is from 0x000000 to 0x400000. I decided to put my SPIFFS image at address 0x300000, but you can put it somewhere else if you prefer (0x100000, 0x200000).
I decided to used a size of 1MB (0x100000) for SPIFFS image but as I am flashing sytem parameter (esp_init_data_default.bin) and blank.bin at resp. 0x3fc000 and 0x3fe000 I need to reduce the size to 0xfa000 (size has to be a multiple of block size)
Hope it will be helpful for people.