[U-Boot-Users] booting kernel image from jffs2 partition

[stefano babic <sbabic@denx.de>]

Fabio Ubaldi wrote:
> We'd like to format linux kernel and rootfs image partitions (and the 
> others) with jffs2, because the two images may be replaced with newer 
> ones while Linux is running. 

It is not a problem to replace the linux image while it is running, 
because Linux runs from RAM. You can always replace the Linux image.

> A first question is:
> Is it possible to boot (bootm command) the images stored in partitions 
> formatted using jffs2?

U-boot can read JFFS2 partitions, but as I said, this should not be 
necessary if your goal is only to replace the kernel images. And u-boot 
does not need to understand the rootfs, too.

Regards,
stefano babic

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