reading and writing a file in system

[dmrraj@gmail.com]

hello, i am working with virtex 5 on a robotic application. for that i hav to store a map on board ram. i cannot declare a 200*200 array in sdk. so i thought of using a fgetc,fputc i.e accessing a text file in the system.is it possible?????

[cribbing]

This would better be answered in the embedded forums. I will move this for you

[abijeeth_rai]

hi, I've been facing a similar problem ..... fgetc , fputc, fopen ,fclose etc ... doesnt work for files on ur hard disk because the fpga doesnt have access to ur computer's file system. If u want to have file access possible store them in the compact flash card and use corresponding commands. But I will try to let u know the exact complete procedure once i get it . it requires partitioning the CF card was what i saw in others posts. but files on hard disk will not help.

[rickysu]

When using FPGA to process data, it depends on how the PC and FPGA is connected to get the file.

Your file needs to be transfered or stored to the memory, for example, CF Card, Nor Flash or DDR Memory via PCIe, Ethernet, UART, or stored in CF card directly.

File system is supported in CF Card by FATFS and  DDR Memory by MFS library. Refer to oslib_rm.pdf in EDK doc direcotory.

Raw data format can also be used.

[dmrraj@gmail.com]

Thank you for your answer. I tried to configure using the compact flash. The fpga configured,but rs232 on my board is not working,so I am using jatag uart.hence I cannot use the hyperterminal,and I cannot have interface with my pc.could u suggest some way for the interface with my PC so that I can debug

[rickysu]

JTAG UART can work as a terminal server by

terminal -jtag_uart_server [<port_number>] [<baudrate>]

Then you can use HypterTerminal or Putty to connect to this socket port. Thus, you can send your data.

EDK/doc/est_rm.pdf provides more details of terminal command of XMD.

[abijeeth_rai]

alright guys ... it works .... partitioning of compact flash is not necessary ...  the root directory is A:\\ ... use respective commands for open,close, read and write (see header files .... ) ... also only read "r" and write "w" modes are supported (double quotes not single ... ) ... enable write mode in board support package settings under xilfatfs to support file creation and writing...