Merge pull request #17 from Sani7/bugfix/mkllfs-llfs

Fix/improve llfs and the mkllfs utility

docs/llfs.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ restricting operations solely to read functions.
    - [Reading a file](#reading-a-file)
    - [Getting the number of files](#getting-the-number-of-files)
  - [Using the POSIX file functions](#using-the-posix-file-functions)
+ - [Enabling the external loader in STM32CubeIDE](#enabling-the-external-loader-in-stm32cubeide)
 
 ## Initialization
 Before using the llfs API, or the file related POSIX (fopen, fgetc, ...) functions, the filesystem must be initialized by calling `llfs_init()`.
@@ -161,3 +162,16 @@ The following functions are tested and working, but other functions might also w
  - `rewind`
  - `fstat`
  - `fileno`
+
+## Enabling the external loader in STM32CubeIDE
+In order to write the file system data to the QSPI flash, the external loader must be enabled in STM32CubeIDE.
+This can be done by opening the debug configuration:
+
+![screenshot of step 1](img/ext_loader_step_1.png)
+
+Then, in the `Debugger` tab:
+3. Enable the `External Loader`
+4. Click the `Scan` button
+5. Select the correct loader: `N25Q128A_STM32F746G-DISCO, 0x90000000 ...`
+
+![screenshot of step 2](img/ext_loader_step_2.png)

docs/mkllfs.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The llfs filesystem is a flat filesystem, meaning that it does not support direc
 
 The mkllfs utilit can be used to generate the `llfs_data.c` file. The `llfs_data.c` file from a directory with files.
 
-A pre-compiled version can be download: [mkllfs.exe](https://github.com/Sani7/2023-Webservices_And_Applications/releases/tag/v0.2.0)
+A pre-compiled version can be download: [mkllfs.exe](https://github.com/Sani7/2023-Webservices_And_Applications/releases/tag/v0.2.1)
 
 ## Usage
 The mkllfs utility can be used as follows: