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Subject: Re: ext2 over NANDSim
From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>
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On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 11:28 -0500, Youngjae Kim wrote:
> Dear,
>=20
> How can I mount ext2 over mtd-nandsim? Is there necessary any layer=20
> in-betweens ext2 and MTD like NFTL? I'm a starting developer in this area=
.=20
> Is there any help to start up this work?

nandsim is a debugging tool to emulate NAND flashes. Technically you can
use ext2 over it. But in general it is bad idea. You encoureger me to
create this FAQ entry:

http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/general.html#L_ext2_mtd

Please, read.

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Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (=D0=91=D0=B8=D1=82=D1=8E=D1=86=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 =D0=90=
=D1=80=D1=82=D1=91=D0=BC)