NOR memory flash / Dokan / FileX

[aceproggy]

Hello,
I would like to create a file system on a NOR-type flash memory on a proprietary electronic board. It is in the finalization phase with FileX/ThreadX from AzureRTOS, and the initial tests seem consistent. Now, we need to be able to copy files into this NOR, but I don't have any means of communication to perform this operation. The only way to proceed is to flash the NOR to update it, so we need to create a binary file that would be the image of the desired directory structure.

I have therefore become interested in DOKAN, but before starting on lengthy development, I want to be sure of my choice, which is the reason for my question:

Would it be possible with this library to create a RAMDISK under Windows 10, manipulate files/directories in this memory space, then transform/map them into the destination file system, namely FileX? In a second step (which is no longer DOKAN's job), to dump the entire RAMDISK into a binary file (byte-by-byte copy) to then flash it into the NOR.

Thank you in advance for your answers.
ace.

[LTRData]

If you have a method to read the entire memory into a RAM buffer and then another method to flash the entire memory from this RAM buffer, it should absolutely be doable.

Is it a real file system of some kind with directories and files? Or do you just want to expose different parts of the memory as virtual files, or the entire memory as one virtual file or something like that?

[aceproggy]

Hello and thank for the quick reply.

Yes it is a real file system, FileX is the system file of AzureRtos. the process will be something like that

Win10 -> Dokan -> FileX -> binany generation -> .hex file convertion ( on PC )
.hex file -> flashing ->embedded explorer see all files ( on board ).

Effectively i have a methode to read and flash the full ram, therefore from your point of view it should be possible,
perfect i will try that.

thank a lot.
ace