From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dekhockeyquebec.com ([66.201.193.5] helo=mail.webnet.qc.ca) by pentafluge.infradead.org with smtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 175Vor-0006Hu-00 for ; Wed, 08 May 2002 19:05:41 +0100 Subject: Re: Current status JFFS2 on DOC From: Frederick Lefebvre To: Pieter Grimmerink Cc: linux-mtd In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: 08 May 2002 14:08:39 -0400 Message-Id: <1020881319.14408.52.camel@zeus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I am working, among many, many other things on getting JFFS2 on a DOC 2000. I do not know when it will be ready since I've got so much work right now. -- Frederick Lefebvre flefebvre@irg.ca Software Developer, (418)523-4474 #242 Infomedia Research Group (IRG) Quebec, Canada On Wed, 2002-05-08 at 12:37, Pieter Grimmerink wrote: > I was quite happy to read about the recent efforts to support > JFFS2 on NAND devices. > > Currently I'm about to make a decision on which flash device > to use for a new embedded device. > Looking at prices NAND flash looks like the best option, > especially if we can use JFFS2 on it. > > >From a design point of view, DiscOnChip looks nice with > it's feature to boot from it. > SmartMedia looks a bit cheaper, but that would require > a separate NOR device, large enough to hold a compressed > kernel, total price going up above the DOC prices again. > > However, all that I have found so far in mailinglists and > howto's, indicates that JFFS2 on smartmedia has been further > investigated then JFFS2 on DOC. > But as far as I understand, there should be no physical limitation > on a DOC to eventually host a JFFS2 filesystem. > > Is this all true, and has someone managed to get a working > JFFS2 filesystem on a DOC? > and finaly, what are the chances of acutally booting into a > JFFS2 root filesystem directly from a DOC? > (I heard something about a modified GNU GRUB to replace the DOC > firmware) > > This would eventually all have to run on a non-x86 processor. > > Is this a workable solution already, or would I have to go for > more 'conventional' hardware to be safe? > > Best regards, > > Pieter Grimmerink > > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/ >