Re: JFFS2 as root FS

Joakim Tjernlund
2001-04-21T20:10:09Z

> Joakim.Tjernlund@lumentis.se said:
> > how to disable compression in JFFS2(can that be done with
> > mkfs.jffs2?).
>
> Sorry, missed that bit. Just replace jffs2_{de,}compress() with NOPs.
> Return zero from jffs2_compress(). Rebuild jffs2 and mkfs.jffs2 (it pulls
> in the compr files from the kernel dir).
>
> Why, though?

To gain performace, we will have a PPC860 which isn't very powerful but
we will have plenty of flash and RAM. By the way, will mount time be reduced
if I remove compression?

Jocke
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